Pushkin

American  

[poosh-kin, poo-shkyin] / ˈpʊʃ kɪn, ˈpu ʃkyɪn /

noun

1. Alexander Sergeevich 1799–1837, Russian poet, short-story writer, and dramatist.

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Pushkin ¹ British  

/ ˈpʊʃkɪn /

noun

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

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Pushkin ² British  

/ ˈpʊʃkɪn /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Between March and October 2023, Mikheil Z. went to the BnF 40 times to request access to manuscripts, mainly by Pushkin, claiming he was doing research on democracy in 19th-century Russian literature.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Shaffer’s script was inspired by Alexander Pushkin’s 1830 drama, “Mozart and Salieri,” which Pushkin spun from rumors circulating in the wake of Mozart’s death.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

“There’s a lack of guidance to patients about supplemental screenings,” said JoAnn Pushkin, the executive director of DenseBreast-info, Inc., an educational and advocacy organization.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

Consider three novels that have been newly reissued by Pushkin Vertigo and translated by Bryan Karetnyk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

He had little interest, though, in such figures as Ivan the Terrible or Peter the Great or Joseph Stalin or Leo Tolstoy or Alexander Pushkin.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady