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Aleksandr Pushkin
1799-1837
During his all too brief life, Aleksandr Pushkin created a body of
literary works of astonishing, life-affirming beauty.
Deeply attached to his Russian and African roots,
Pushkin's genius was devoted to the values of
honor, freedom and individual dignity.
He gave his life for them.
To this day, Pushkin is the Russian people's pride.
In years to come I'll earn my people's adoration,
For only gentle feelings my lyre did awake,
For freedom did I praise in time of tribulation
And mercy ask for fallen heroes' sake.
-- A.S. Pushkin, Translated by GW Professors Jonathan Chaves and Peter Rollberg
This statue, by Alexander Bourganov and Igor Bourganov,
was created on the initiative of the American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation
on the occasion of the bicentennial of Aleksandr Pushkin's birth. |