Alexander Pushkin is the greatest Russian writer and poet. Alexander Pushkin (1)_was born on June 6, 1799 in Moscow. In 1811–1817 he was a (2) _student at the Lyceum in Tsarskoe Selo near Saint Petersburg. He (3)_was interested in literature and he published his first poem at the age of 15. His most (4) famous works are “Eugene Onegin” and “Ruslan and Lyudmila”. For many people Pushkin is their (5)__favourite writer.