The Bronze Horseman. Poems. Verses

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin 1799—1837 – Russian poet, playwright, and prose writer. Even during his lifetime, contemporaries called him the greatest national poet. The poem The Bronze Horseman 1833 tells the story of a poor official, Eugene, living in St. Petersburg, who loses his beloved as a result of a flood. Driven mad by grief, Eugene starts wandering the capital and, in a fit of emotion, blames the Bronze Horseman — the monument to Peter I on the Neva River — for all his troubles. During Alexander Pushkin's lifetime, The Bronze Horseman was published as a small excerpt, as Emperor Nicholas I required significant revisions that Pushkin did not agree with. The first publication of the entire poetic narrative came after the poet's death – in 1837. The collection also includes the main works of Alexander Pushkin, whose study 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.