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Alexander Pushkin, the most distinguished poet of Russia, was born at Saint Petersburg, 1799. When only twenty-one years of age he entered the civil service in the department of foreign affairs. Lord Byron’s writings and efforts for Greek independence exercised great influence over Pushkin, whose “Ode to Liberty” cost him his freedom. He was exiled to Bessarabia [A region of Moldova and western Ukraine] from 1820 to 1825, whence he returned at the accession of the new emperor, Nicholas, who made him historiographer of Peter the Great. Pushkin’s friends now looked upon him as a traitor to the cause of liberty. It is not improbable that an enforced residence at the mouth of the Danube somewhat cooled his patriotic enthusiasm. Every Autumn, his favorite season for literary production, he usually passed at his country seat in the province Pekoff. Here from 1825 to 1829 he published “Pultowa,” “Boris Godunoff,” “Eugene Onegin,” and “Ruslaw and Ludmila,” a tale in verse, after the Manner of Ariosto’s “Orlando Furioso.” This is considered as the first great poetical work in the Russian language, though the critics of the day attacked it, because it was beyond their grasp; but the public devoured it.
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My father, Andrew Peter Grineff, having served in his youth under Count Munich, left the army in 17—, with the grade of First Major. From that time he lived on his estate in the Principality of Simbirsk, where he married Avoditia, daughter of a poor noble in the neighborhood. Of nine children, the issue of this marriage, I was the only survivor. My brothers and sisters died in childhood.Through the favor of a near relative of ours, Prince B—-, himself a Major in the Guards, I was enrolled Sergeant of the Guards in the regiment of Semenofski. It was understood that I was on furlough till my education should be finished. From my fifth year I was confided to the care of an old servant Saveliitch, whose steadiness promoted him to the rank of my personal attendant. Thanks to his care, when I was twelve years of age I knew how to read and write, and could make a correct estimate of the points of a hunting dog.At this time, to complete my education, my father engaged upon a salary a Frenchman, M. Beaupre, who was brought from Moscow with one year's provision of wine and oil from Provence. His arrival of course displeased Saveliitch
Aleksandr Pushkin, 1799 - 1837, is said to be the greatest Russian poet. He also wrote a number of successful novels that are still widely read today, including Marie, A Story of Russian Love.Pushkin was born in Moscow in the summer of 1799 to a noble family. He was especially proud of his great-grandfather Hannibal, a black general who had served under Peter the Great.Pushkin demonstrated an early gift for poetry and was taken into the ministry of foreign affairs in Saint Petersburg in 1817. He enjoyed the social life that his position brought him, but he also belonged to an underground revolutionary group. This activity came to the attention of the authorities in 1820 and Pushkin was exiled to the Caucasus. He did, however, continue to hold official posts until a superior had him dismissed from the government posts in 1824 and banished him to his mother's estate near Pskov.Recognizing Pushkin's enormous popularity, Czar Nichols I pardoned Pushkin in 1826. Pushkin died in 1837 from wounds he suffered in a duel in St. Petersburg.Pushkin provided a literary heritage for Russians, whose native language had hitherto been considered unfit for literature. He was also a versatile writer of great vigor and optimism who understood the many facets of the Russian character.In 1831 Pushkin married, and soon after appeared his charming novel, "Marie," a picture of garrison life on the Russian plains. Peter and Marie of this Northern story are as pure as their native snows, and whilst listening to the recital, we inhale the odor of the steppe, and catch glimpses of the semi-barbarous Kalmouk and the Cossack of the Don.
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Written soon after the author was married, Marie tells the story of life and love on the Russian plains. Presented as a memoir by Peter, the story follows his sometimes harrowing quest to become husband to Marie Martinoff.
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