Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin; 6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.  Read more..

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The poems of the famous Russian poet, playwright and novelist Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) being considered seditious, he was condemned to exile by Emperor Alexander I in 1820. Barely escaping Siberia, he was first sent to Yekaterinoslav in Ukraine where he fell ill and obtained permission to travel to the Caucasus and the Crimea, together with the Raïevski family. He then stayed in Bessarabia, in Kishinev (current Chişinău) from September 1820, in the service of the Russian general of the Napoleonic wars, Ivan Inzov, before leaving for Odessa in 1823. During this exile in Bessarabia, Pushkin had a very disordered life, devoted to amorous conquests, to parties and to games .... Read more..