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ALEXANDER PUSHKIN
(1799-1837)

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The life of a writer
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The fisherman and the goldfish

The life of a writer

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799, Moscow - 1837. Petersburg) is a Russian writer, the founder of new Russian literature. His father, Sergey Lvovich, was from the old nobility, and his mother, Nadezhda Osipovna, was the granddaughter of A.P. Hannibal, an Abyssinian who was brought up by Peter I. The influence of his nanny Arina Rodionovna, who knew Russian folk songs and fairy tales well, was especially great in the emergence of P.'s love for elegant words. Studying at one of the most prestigious educational institutions of that time - Lyceum of Sarskoye selo (now Pushkin district) near St. Petersburg (1811-17) was an important factor in the formation of P. as a poet and a scholar. After P. graduated from the lyceum, he moved to St. Petersburg and worked as a secretary in the collegium of foreign affairs. The years he served in Petersburg (1817-20) were an important period for the historical development of Russia.

Developments of the writer

The fisherman and the goldfish (1833)