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Alexander Pushkin.(Russia celebrates bicentennial of the poet's birth)(Brief Article)

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From: U.S. News & World Report
Date: 19990614
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To Russians, Alexander Pushkin is more than just the man who did the most to forge the modern Russian literary language. He is an icon of Russianness that cuts across generations and party lines; a romantic, 19th-century figure whose life ended fatefully in a duel. Kids love his fairy tales. Liberals treasure his skeptical mind and delicious sense of irony. Nationalists thrive on his contributions to the collective sense of identity. And reprobates love his off-color verse. But even some of the most ardent Pushkin fans were overwhelmed by the ballyhooed bicentennial of the ...

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