Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was born on the 26th of May (6 June ), 1799, in Moscow.
His was born in a noble family. Pushkin was the greatest Russian poet. He got his education at the lycee in Tsarskoye Selo. He published his first poem when he was fifteen years old .
His famous works are Ruslan and Ludmila, Eugene Onegin, The Bronze Horseman, The Captain's Daughter e.t.c. Pushkin made an invaluable contribution to Russian literature. Nowadays his works are read and learned by heart too. His works are well-known all over the world. He is considered to be the father of modern Russian literature. Pushkin died at the age of thirty seven. He died on the 10th of February, 1837. He got a mortal wound in a duel. Georges -Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthes wounded him.