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Alexander Pushkin
Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799–1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founde…
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Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799–1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin was born into Russian nobility in Moscow. His maternal great-grandfather was Central-African-born general Abram Petrovich Gannibal. He published his first poem at the age of 15, and was widely recognized by the literary establishment by the time of his graduation from the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. Upon graduation, Pushkin recited his controversial poem 'Ode to Liberty', that led to his exile by Tsar Alexander I. While under the strict surveillance of the Tsar's political police, Pushkin wrote his most famous play, the drama 'Boris Godunov'. In 1820, he published his first long poem, 'Ruslan and Ludmila', with much controversy about its subject and style. His novel in verse, 'Eugene Onegin', was serialized between 1825 and 1832. Critics consider many of his works masterpieces, such as the poem 'The Bronze Horseman' and the drama 'The Stone Guest', a tale of the fall of Don Juan. His poetic short drama 'Mozart and Salieri' was the inspiration for Peter Shaffer's 'Amadeus' as well as providing the libretto (almost verbatim) to Rimsky-Korsakov's opera 'Mozart and Salieri'. Pushkin is also known for his short stories. In particular his cycle 'The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin', including 'The Shot' and 'The Stationmaster', and 'The Queen of Spades', a story frequently anthologized in English translation.
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2026
The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin
Movie Book
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2026
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Movie Book
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2025
Boris Godunov
Movie Theatre Play
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2024
Ruslan & Lyudmila
Movie Short Story
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2024
Onegin
Movie Novel
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2024
Onegin
Movie Novel
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2023
Carmen
Movie Poem
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2023
Red Iron Road
TV show Book
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2021
Boris
Movie Theatre Play
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2021
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel
Movie Book
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2019
Eugen Onegin - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie Original Story
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2018
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Movie Original Story
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2018
The Stolen Princess
Movie Short Story
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2017
Onegin
Movie Original Story
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2017
Little tragedies
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2017
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Movie Original Story
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2016
Queen of Spades
Movie Novel
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2016
Eugene Onegin
Movie Original Story
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2016
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Komische Oper Berlin)
Movie Original Story
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2014
Dubrovsky
Movie Novel
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2013
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Movie Original Story
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2011
Boris Godunov
Movie Book
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2011
Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila
Movie Book
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2010
Little Tragedies
Movie Short Story
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2010
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
Movie Original Story
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2010
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Movie Original Story
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2008
Eugene Onegin
Movie Original Story
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2007
Eugene Onegin
Movie Short Story
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2005
Большой балет: Пиковая дама/Пассакалья
Movie Original Story
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2004
Boris Godunov
Movie Original Story
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2002
About the Fisherman and the Fish
Movie Short Story
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2000
Russian Riot
Movie Novel
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2000
The Queen of Spades
Movie Author
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1999
Onegin
Movie Novel
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1999
Boris Godunov
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1999
Eugene Onegin
Movie Novel
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1999
The Miserly Knight
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1998
Boris Godunov
Movie Theatre Play
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1997
Mazeppa
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