Admirable Russian Poets of The Romanticism

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considered by many to be the greatest poet of the

Romantic era and the founder of modern Russian literature.
While under the strict surveillance of the Tsar's political police and unable to publish, Pushkin wrote his most famous play, the drama Boris Godunov.
Pushkin fought as many as 29 duels, and was fatally wounded in such an encounter with D'Anthès, a French officer serving with the Chevalier Guard Regiment, who had been attempting to seduce the poet's wife.

Alexander Pushkin

became world-famous before even going to college.
Brought natural speech and

foreign influences to create modern poetic Russian.
Provided fertile ground for music development: some of the world’s best known operas, such as Boris Godunov, The Captain’s Daughter, and Aleko, are based on Pushkin’s poems.
Lived and died as a honorable man: UN Russian Language Day, established by the United Nations in 2010 and celebrated each year on June 6, was scheduled to coincide with Pushkin's birthday.

Remarkable facts about Pushkin

Russian Romanticism. His influence on later Russian literature is still

felt in modern times through his poetry and prose, which founded the tradition of the Russian psychological novel.
A Hero of Our Time, a novel which later earned him recognition as one of the founding fathers of Russian prose, is partially autobiographical story. It describes prophetically a duel like the one in which Lermontov would eventually lose his life, consisted of five closely linked tales revolving around a single character, a disenchanted, bored and doomed young nobleman.
Later it came to be considered a pioneering classic of Russian psychological realism.

Mikhail Lermontov

strongest political declaration of its time, blaming all the novel

society including Tsar’s family.
Was a very brave and socially aware young man.
Died at the ager of 26, achieving more than most of his contemporaries.

Remarkable facts about Lermontov

three great Romantic poets of Russia.
After graduating from Moscow

University he joined the Foreign Office and in 1822 traveled to Munich to take up a post as trainee diplomat at the Russian legation. He was to remain abroad for 22 years.
As a poet, Tyutchev was little known during his lifetime. His 400 or so short poems are the only pieces he ever wrote in Russian. Tyutchev regarded his poems as bagatelles, not worthy of publication.

of Russian Empire all around Europe.
Didn’t think much about his

poems and never tried to publish his works, despite his obvious talent.
Was extremely admired by many women of his generation – “rock star of the XIX century”.

Remarkable facts about Tyutchev