Alexander Pushkin

Born to noble parents (his father Sergei was a retired major, and his mother, Nadezhda, was the granddaughter of an ennobled Ethiopian general) on the 26th of May, 1799 in Moscow, Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin became involved with a liberal underground revolutionary group that saw him exiled to the Caucasus. He spent most of his time there writing poetry and novels. In 1826 Pushkin was pardoned by the Tsar and allowed to return home after six years of exile. He married Natalia Goncharova, whose coquettish behavior led to her husband challenging an admirer of hers to a duel in January 1837. Though both were wounded, only Pushkin died two days later from his injuries.On his mother's side he was the great-grandson of Hannibal, the Moor of Emperor Peter the Great. Alexander Pushkin attended the Lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo from 1811 to 1817. The first poem with which he went public dates back to this time, in 1814. The theme of his first works was dedicated to the experience of love, which w... [Details Intro]