1. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN
B O R N : J U N E 6 , 1 7 9 9 , M O S C O W, R U S S I A
D E C E A S E D : F E B R UA R Y
1 0 , 1 8 3 7 , P E T E R S B U R G , R U S S I A
Author & Poet

2. EARLY LIFE
• Was of African descent
• Born into upper class literary family
• Actual mother took little interest in him, so had
nurses/ French tutors
• Loved his nanny Arina Rodionovna, like mother figure
more
• Entered an elite school called the Lyceum at age 12
• Began working in the foreign office of St.
Petersburg, Russia
• (Where he had affairs with two married
women)
• Influenced by Lord Byron

3. MOSCOW, RUSSIA
• This museum, honoring the
greatest poet in Russian history
• Monument of Alexander Pushkin
in front of the Russian Museum

4. EDUCATION
 Entered the Lyceum in 1811 which was only open for the sons of
'select' noblemen
 Graduated from the Lyceum in 1817
 Taught by the great poet Vasily Zhukovsky

5. WRITING STYLE
 Russian poet, novelist, playwright of the Romantic era
 Pushkin's work in short stories shows simplicity, versatility and
clarity.
 In short stories showed satire, romance, and drama.
 Which later influenced Russian writers

6. NATALYA GONCHAROVA
• Engaged for 3 years
• In love
• Settled on agreements
• Published Natalya
Goncharova as a wedding gift
• Finally married on 18
February1831 in Moscow.

7. QUOTES

8. CITATIONS
 Russia-Ukraine-Travel.com, . N.p.. Web. 29 Jun 2013. <http://www.russia-
ukraine-travel.com/alexander-pushkin.html>.
 . N.p.. Web. 29 Jun 2013. <http://712educators.about.com/blapushkin.htm>.
 "Lizok's Bookshelf." : Happy Birthday to “Наше всё" & Newish Translations.
N.p., n.d. Web. 29 June 2013.
 "Prominent Russians: Aleksandr Pushkin." Aleksandr Pushkin – Russiapedia
Literature Prominent Russians. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 June 2013.
 "Monument to Alexander Pushkin on Ploshchad Iskusstv (Arts Square)."
Monument to Pushkin on Arts Square in St. Petersburg. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 June 2013.