A monument to Russian writer Alexander Pushkin was dismantled in Zaporizhzhia as part of Ukraine's ongoing de-Russification process, the Suspilne media outlet wrote on Oct. 31. Parts of the monument ...

In Russia, a country rich with writers, one literary figure towers above the rest _ above Dostoevsky, above Chekhov, above Tolstoy. These days, he literally towers. His picture is draped from the top ...

International organizations, including UNESCO, which were created to protect cultural heritage, are silent about the fact that a monument to the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin was boarded up in Odessa ...

If you have not yet read The Queen of Spades, a short story, read it before this commentary ruins its suspense. The author, Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), an African-Russian poet and writer, is the ...

This is the twenty-fifth anniversary of an essay on Pushkin that Edmund Wilson published in the Atlantic at a time (December, 1943) when one normally began by saying that Pushkin was a Russian poet.

MINSK, 5 June (BelTA) - Belarus and Russia will issue a joint postage stamp to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, BelTA learned from the ...

Nicholas I, a humourless and ruthless autocrat, had begun his reign by executing five aristocrats who had led the Decembrist uprising against him in 1825; another 120 conspirators were exiled to the ...

A permanent symbol of this cultural connection stands inside the Mehan Garden: a statue of Alexander Pushkin, unveiled in 2010 to commemorate Philippines–Russia relations. Set against the backdrop of ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday honored Kurdish scholar Dr. Rashad Miran during a ...

Pushkin Review / Пушкинский вестник, Vol. 18/19 (2015-16), pp. 61-84 (24 pages) When contextualized in relation to the period’s publically circulated perceptions about the press, the book market, and ...

This is the fifth in a series about a journey, by train and bicycle, across Russia to Crimea shortly before the war began. On my last full day in Moscow I planned to spend the morning with Alexander ...

Pushkin Industries has renewed its offices at 5 Union Square West and tacked on another 8,500 square feet. The publisher of podcasts and audiobooks signed a 10-year lease to move to a direct deal with ...