PUSHKIN - A MAN OF HONOR

Alexander Pushkin (1799 – 1837) is standard against which Russian literature is evaluated. A man who cared deeply about his honor, he was no stranger to duels. As a member of the outlawed political group The Decembrists, he championed the cause of the peasants and was regarded as an enemy of the Tsarist regime. Was his fateful 29th duel a set up to get him out of the way once and for all?

“My dreams, my dreams! What has become of their sweetness? What indeed has become of my youth?” ― Eugene Onegin