I am going to speak about Aleksandr Pushkin , an
Russia's greatest poet.
He was born in May 26, 1799 Moscow, Russia, in the noble family (his
father was the retired major).
He grew up in Moscow with his grandmother and spent his
childhood with his nurse Arina Rodionovna.
He was very interested in reading and read all the books that he could get.
Pushkin wrote his first poems at the Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoye
Selo, where he studied for 6 years.
When he grew up, he became a member of another society called the Green Lamp.
At the same time he made friends with the people from Decembrist communities.
He continued write not only poems, but novels and in addittion he
started to write fairy tales too.
In 1820 the poet went to the Caucasus and, then, to the Crimea with the
intention of recovering from his pneumonia.
In 1828 Pushkin was married beautiful 16-year-old Natalya Goncharova.
In 1837 Pushkin challenged Georges d'Anthes to a duel.
Pushkin was injured and died 2 days later after the duel, on the 29th of
January
In conclusion, I would like to say that Pushkin is the founder of the
contemporary Russian literary language.