Russian poet and author of Eugene Onegin and The Bronze Horseman. His life connects Moscow, Saint Petersburg, the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum and Mikhailovskoye — places woven into Russian literary history.
Ancestry
His parents were Sergey Lvovich Pushkin and Nadezhda Osipovna Pushkina. On his mother’s side he descended from Abram Petrovich Gannibal. Parent relationships are also represented in the shared family tree.
Family
In 1831 he married Natalia Goncharova. The couple had four children. Inheritance details have not been verified for this edition.
Biographical particulars
Dates use the Gregorian calendar: 6 June 1799 to 10 February 1837. The corresponding Julian dates are 26 May and 29 January. The selected sources contain no genetic or IQ data.
Education and writing
He studied at the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum from 1811 to 1817. His first published poem, To a Poet Friend, appeared in 1814.
Career
After the Lyceum he joined the Collegium of Foreign Affairs. He was sent south in 1820 and lived in exile at Mikhailovskoye in 1824–1826.
Society
He belonged to the literary circles Arzamas and the Green Lamp. In 1833 he joined the Russian Academy, devoted to Russian language and literature.
Key events
In 1837 he was fatally wounded in a duel with d’Anthès. The duel was on 8 February and his death on 10 February in the Gregorian calendar.