Pushkin

Pushkin, Alexandee Seegeievitoh (1799-1837), the Russian poet, was a native of Moscow. In early life he was sent to Bessarabia on account of his revolutionary views, but his ability and popularity afterwards procured him the post of historiographer. His fame as a poet was gained by the tragedy Boris Godunov and some excellent lyrics; but he was almost equally distinguished as the writer of Eugene Onegin and the History of the Revolt of Pugachev. There is an English version of the former.