Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Pushkin was a Russian author during the Romantic era. Commonly referred to as the Father of Russian Literature, 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 forty.

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