Alexander Pushkin was a Russian poet who is considered the founder of modern Russian literature. He was born in 1799 in Moscow and died tragically young at the age of 37 in a duel. Pushkin published his first poem at the age of 15 and was exiled from Russia's capital cities from 1820 to 1826 for political reasons. He married Natalya Goncharova in 1831 and published his famous novel Eugene Onegin in 1833, as well as the poem The Bronze Horseman. There are several museums dedicated to Pushkin in Russia, including in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Mikhaylovskoye.

1. Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
By: Kirill Bolotin
School: 913
Form : 6 “G”
Teacher:S.V. Khodakova
Moscow 2014

2. Biography
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
was born in Moscow in 1799. He
died in 1837 in a duel .

3. First steps
Self-portrait, 1820s
He was 37 years old at the time.
He was the founder of modern Russian
literature. He wrote his first poem when
he was 8 years old .

4. Grandfather
Abran Gannibal
His great-grandfather Abram
Gannibal was brought from
Africa to Russia as a gift for Peter
the Great.

5. Education
(A.S. Pushkin at 15)
He published his first poem when
he was 15 years old.
In 1817, he graduated from
the Imperial Tsarskoe Selo Lyceum.

6. Married
Natalia Pushkina,
portrait by Alexandr Brullov, 1831.
From 1820 to 1826 he was exiled
from the capital cities of Russia for
political reasons.
In 1831, he married Natalya
Goncharova.

7. Novels
The Bronze Horsmen
The Bronze Horsmen
In 1833, he published his novel
Eugene Onegin and wrote the poem
The Bronze Horseman.

8. Museums
Museum in Saint Petersburg
There are several museums in
Russia dedicated to Pushkin,
including two in Moscow, one in
Saint Petersburg, and a large
complex in Mikhaylovskoye.

9. Recourсes :
1. Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley,
2. Olga Podolyako ,Julia Vaulina, “Spotlight – 6 “.
Издательство «Просвещение»,
Express Publishing.
2.http://pushkin.ellink.ru/english/1.asp
3.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin

10. Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
By: Kirill Bolotin
School: 913
Form : 6 “G”
Teacher:S.V. Khodakova
Moscow 2014