1. Alexander Pushkin 1799-1837 Emily Brinn

2. Personal Life Born in Moscow Poor family Studied languages Began writing poems at a young age Led an unproductive life while in the civil service of the department of foreign affairs Turned to poetry as a way to make money and he later became Russia’s first professional poet Married Nathalie Goncharova Had three children Was killed in a duel (1837)

3. Literature Experimented with romantic tragedies Tested the boundaries His works told a story about society Evgenii Onegin (1833)

4. “I Loved You…” I loved you, and I probably still do, And for a while the feeling may remain... But let my love no longer trouble you, I do not wish to cause you any pain. I loved you; and the hopelessness I knew, The jealousy, the shyness - though in vain - Made up a love so tender and so true As may God grant you to be loved again.

5. Controversial Works Got in trouble for his outspoken political views Pushkin was exiled to the South of Russia by the czar, Alexander I Continued writing poems Decembrist Uprising Used his poetry as a way of expressing the agony and suppression of the Russian people

6. “Ode to Liberty” Let me Sing to the world of Liberty And strike the scum that wears a crown! Reveal to me the noble path Where that exalted Gaul 2 once strode, When you in storied days of wrath Inspired in him a dauntless Ode. Now, flighty Fortune's favored knaves, Tremble, O Tyrants of the Earth! But you: take heed now, know your worth And rise as men, O fallen slaves! Wherever I cast my gaze, I see A body flayed, an ankle chained, The useless tears of Slavery, The Law perverted and profaned. Yea, everywhere iniquitous Power in the fog of superstition Ascends: Vainglory's fateful passion, And Serfdom's gruesome genius.

7. 19 th Century Early 1830s: Russian literature underwent a golden age Romanticism permitted a pinnacle of poetic talent Pushkin shaped the literary Russian language and introduced a new level of creativity to Russian literature

8. Affect on History First professional poet in Russia Influenced the cultural development of Russia Great influence on later dramatic writers First to use everyday speech in his poetry Fused Old Slavonic and vernacular Russian in his writing Founder of modern Russian literature

9. Crime and Punishment Published in 1866 Pushkin established the foundation for Dostoevsky 1880, Fyodor Dostoevsky attended the dedication of the Pushkin monument

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