Pushkin was exiled to [[Siberia]] by [[Tsar Alexander I]], but due to his growing popularity as a poet and a writer of books-in-verse, was permitted to return to the capital by [[Tsar Nicholas I]]. Dissatisfaction with his life there contributed to the anxiety that led Pushkin to challenge one of his lover's suitors to a duel, where he lost his life before the age of 40. | Pushkin was exiled to [[Siberia]] by [[Tsar Alexander I]], but due to his growing popularity as a poet and a writer of books-in-verse, was permitted to return to the capital by [[Tsar Nicholas I]]. Dissatisfaction with his life there contributed to the anxiety that led Pushkin to challenge one of his lover's suitors to a duel, where he lost his life before the age of 40. |