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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is considered to be one of the greatest Russian poets of all times. He was a famous writer of Romantic era. Pushkin was born in 1799 and has lived a short but bright life. Many people regard him as the founder of Russian modern literature.

Pushkin was born in a noble family and his first poem was published when he was only 15. Although he was born in Moscow, he spent most of his youth in the village near St Petersburg, in Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. As a teenager he was already a recognized by the literary establishment of his lyceum. Some of Pushkin's famous literary works have been numerously screened not only in Russia but also in some other countries. For example, the drama "Boris Godunov", the novel "Eugene Onegin", the tale "Ruslan and Lyudmila", and several others. One of Pushkin's main traits was bravery. In total he has had about 29 duels. The last one, when he was fighting with a French officer D'Anthes, who wanted to seduce his wife, brought him death. He was only 37. All in all, Pushkin managed to write more than 78 long poems, 1 novel in verse, about 20 novels and 20 fairy-tales, 8 dramas and 8 historic works, and countless articles and shorter poems. Among his most famous works we can find the tragedy "Motsart and Salyeri", short stories "The Queen of Spades", "Peter the Great's Negro", "The Captain's Daughter", also some famous fairy-tales, such as "The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda", "The Tale of Tsar Saltan", "the Tale of the Golden Cockerel", "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" and many other world-famous literature works.