Alexander Pushkin was born in Moscow on 6th June 1799 . From a young age his nurse taught him all about Russian folktales and traditions . Alexander wasn't a good student , but he loved to read and spent many hours in his father's library . He wrote his first poem at the age of 8 and published his first poem at 15 . His work was very different from the other writers at the time and this often got him into trouble with the tsar and the government . For example , one of his most famous plays , Boris Godunov was only published years after he wrote it for political reasons . After marrying a beautiful young girl called Natalya Goncharova in 1831 , he continued to write . Millions of people consider his novel , Eugene Onegin , his poem , The Bronze Horseman and his drama , The Stone Guest , to be masterpieces . Alexander Pushkin was only 37 when he died . He played a great part in "The Golden Age of Russian Literature" . He's Russia's greatest poet and national pride . 5 вопросов по тексту