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Pushkin, Aleksandr
     
Pushkin, Aleksandr
(1799-1837) one of Russia's greatest writers who wrote novels, plays, and poetry, and greatly influenced the development of Russian literature. His best-known works are Eugene Onegin and Boris Godunov.
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