The Bronze Horseman. Poems. Verses

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin 1799—1837 – a Russian poet, dramatist, and prose writer. Even during his lifetime, his contemporaries called him the greatest national poet. The poem The Bronze Horseman 1833 tells the story of a poor official named Yevgeny, who lives in Saint Petersburg and loses his beloved due to a flood. Driven mad by grief, Yevgeny begins to wander the capital and, in a burst of emotion, blames the Bronze Horseman — the monument to Peter I on the Neva — for all his misfortunes. During Alexander Pushkin's lifetime, The Bronze Horseman was published as a small excerpt, as Emperor Nicholas I demanded significant corrections, which Pushkin did not agree to. The first publication of the entire narrative poem came after the poet's death – in 1837. The collection also includes the main works of Alexander Pushkin, the study of which is part of the mandatory school curriculum, – the poems The Prisoner of the Caucasus 1822, The Fountain of Bakhchisarai 1824, and others, as well as lyrics.