Pushkin

[ poo sh-kin; Russian poo-shkyin ]

/ ˈpʊʃ kɪn; Russian ˈpu ʃkyɪn /

noun

A·le·xan·der Ser·ge·e·vich

[al-ig-zan-der sur-gey-uh-vich, -zahn-; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr syir-gye-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ, -ˈzɑn-; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/,1799–1837, Russian poet, short-story writer, and dramatist.

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Example sentences from the Web for pushkin

When I see Oliona back at her flat she brings out a tome of Pushkin.
Russia’s Gold Digger Academy|Peter Pomerantsev|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Readers familiar with Chekhov, Gogol, Pushkin or Turgenev have already tasted some 19th-century Russian gothic literature.
This Week’s Hot Reads: April 22, 2013|Mythili Rao|April 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
By midnight, the streets around Pushkin Square were eerily empty, save for a sea of grey-uniformed Interior Ministry troops.
As Putin Wins Re-Election by Landslide, Both Sides Reluctantly Rally|Owen Matthews, Anna Nemtsova|March 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But I took the overnight train from Kiev and stumbled down Pushkin Street toward the city center.
Great Weekend Reads|The Daily Beast|March 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Among the most famous of his dramatic fragments and vignettes is a series of “Anecdotes about Pushkin.”
Alternative Russian Classics|Elif Batuman|March 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Pushkin used to say that the Northern summer was a caricature of the Southern winter.
Essays on Russian Novelists|William Lyon Phelps
In 1880 a monument to Pushkin was unveiled, and the greatest Russian authors were invited to speak at the ceremony.
Essays on Russian Novelists|William Lyon Phelps
Pushkin had not the power of conceiving and executing a drama which should move round one idea to an inevitable close.
An Outline of Russian Literature|Maurice Baring
Pushkin could not possibly arrive at the scene of action on December 26th.
The Green Book|Mr Jkai
Pushkin is the snake, lying hid in the grass, who is endowed with the note of the nightingale!'
A Desperate Character and Other Stories|Ivan Turgenev

British Dictionary definitions for pushkin (1 of 2)

Pushkin¹

/ (ˈpʊʃkɪn) /

noun

a town in NW Russia: site of the imperial summer residence and Catherine the Great's palace. Pop: 84 628 (2002)Former name: (1708–1937) Tsarskoye Selo

British Dictionary definitions for pushkin (2 of 2)

Pushkin²

/ (ˈpʊʃkɪn) /

noun

Aleksander Sergeyevich (alɪkˈsandr sɪrˈɡjejɪvitʃ). 1799–1837, Russian poet, novelist, and dramatist. His works include the romantic verse tale The Prisoner of the Caucasus (1822), the verse novel Eugene Onegin (1833), the tragedy Boris Godunov (1825), and the novel The Captain's Daughter (1836)

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