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Alexander Pushkin death by duel (Saint Petersburg - 1837)

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There is a granite obelisk now stands where Alexander Pushkin died of wounds suffered in a duel with Georges d’Anthès on 8 February 1837.  

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Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин, tr. Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin; IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr sʲɪˈrɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn] ( listen); 6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet[2][3][4][5] and the founder of modern Russian literature.[6][7]

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