1. Pushkin - Noun
2. Pushkin - Proper noun
Russian poet (1799-1837)
Source: WordNetAfter going through a number of name-changes, particularly in the transition to the Soviet-era and the return of the Russian capital to Moscow, the museum was finally renamed to honour the memory of Pushkin in 1937, the 100th anniversary of his death. Source: Internet
Although it was ostensibly based on a verse fairy tale by Alexander Pushkin written in 1834, the authorities quickly realised its true target and immediately banned it from performance. Source: Internet
At such a moment, he continued indignantly, one was bound to recall the funeral of Pushkin and the Tsar's courtiers – their miserable hypocrisy and false pride. Source: Internet
Death By 1837, Pushkin was falling into greater and greater debt and faced scandalous rumors that his wife had embarked on a love affair. Source: Internet
Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol and Leo Tolstoy were among its members. Source: Internet
"A writer has died," he began, "who, together with Pushkin, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy, forms part of the glory of Russian literature. Source: Internet