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RomanceMusic
Directed by: Felix Umarov
Overview
Alexander Pushkin, poet and author, founded the literature of the Russian language with epic and lyric poems, plays, novels and short stories. Pushkin was born on June 6, 1799 in Moscow into a noble family, in 1817 he was taken into the ministry of foreign affairs and held various official posts. He demonstrated an early gift for writing poetry, and by 1820 he published his Ruslan and Ludmila, which earned him a reputation as one of Russia's most promising poetic talents. Pushkin's lyric poetry and vivid prose were invaluable models for the writers who followed him