Alexander Pushkin and Russian Culture.

Alexander Pushkin, one of the greatest poets of Russian literature was born in Moscow into a poor aristocratic family. He started writing poetry from an early age and his first poem was published at the age of 14. Pushkin is considered as Russia's greatest poet and the founder of modern the literature of Russia. He used everyday speech in his poetry and was the first ever poet to do so. By the time of his graduation, he gained a nationwide recognition in the literary world of Russia. He also came to be known as the spokesman of social reform and also had a clashed with the government, in 1820s, which resulted in his exile in the Southern part of Russia. During his exile he was not able to travel whenever he wanted too but his most notable works 'Boris Godunov' is also known to be written during his exile period. His drama, Boris Godunov was not published until the later years of his life.

Pushkin is known as the master of Romanticism. His masterpiece was Evgenii Onegin which he wrote in 1833. It was a novel written in verse. Even though he lived in exile at different parts of Russia, he continued writing his poetry. He came to know as the leader of Romantic Movement.  

The 1830s was a productive literary period and Pushkin wrote a number of outstanding plays including The Stone Guest, Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin, The Feast During the Plague, The Avaricious Knight, Mozart and Salieri. The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin was inspired from one of Sir Walter Scott's novel. However his stories were not able to attract readers' attention as his poems did. Some of his works like 'the Queen of spades' was made into an ...