gAlexander Pushkin is famous for being Russia are a test poet, novelist and playwright.
Pushkin was born on June 6, 1799 in Moscow.
He got his education from the imperial lyceum in Tsarskoe Selo.
Pushkin began writing when he was only six years old.
His first poem was published in the journal The Messenger of Europe in 1814 when he was fifteen years old.
There are many famous works written by Pushkin such as Ruslan and Ludmila, The Captain's Daughter, Eugene Onegin, and many more.
The Captain's Daughter novel was set in Russia during the reign of Catherine the Great at the time of Pugachev's Rebellion in 1773-1774.
In this novel he described the fife of an honourable man Pyotr Anreyich Grinyov, who was sent into military service by his father. The he met his captain daughter Masha and fell in love with her but this caused a rift between Pyotr and his fellow officer Shvabrin later on during Pugachev's Rebellion, Pyotr was accused of having friendly relations with Pugachev because Shvabrin testified that Pyotr was a traitor.
Pushkin died on January 29, 1837 at the age of thirty-seven.
He was honoured by his contemporaries for being a remakble novelist.
Yes, they are still very popular.