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Aleksandr Pushkin
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Aleksandr Pushkin

Moscow, 1799 - 1837, Saint Petersburg
BiographyPushkin, Aleksandr (Russian writer, 1799-1837)
LC name authority rec. n80036579
LC Heading: Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837

Biography:
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, (born May 26 [June 6, New Style], 1799, Moscow, Russia—died January 29 [February 10], 1837, St. Petersburg), Russian poet, novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer; he has often been considered his country’s greatest poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.
For more detail: Encyclopædia Britannica Online, s. v. "Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin", accessed January 19, 2016, http://www.britannica.com/biography/Aleksandr-Sergeyevich-Pushkin.

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