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Definition of Pushkin
1. Noun. Russian poet (1799-1837).
Definition of Pushkin
1. Proper noun. (surname transliteration of a Russian from=Russian) ¹
2. Proper noun. a town in Russia ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pushkin
Literary usage of Pushkin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anthology of Russian Literature from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Leo Wiener (1903)
"He is opposed to the prevailing democratism in literature, and preaches a return
to the ideal of pushkin. He has evolved an unusually fine style for Russian ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"He rose to fame by some passionate verses on the death of pushkin, ...
The descriptions of the Caucasus — to which, like pushkin, he was exiled — contain ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"pushkin may be said to have completed the task begun by ... simplicity, realism,
absolute fidelity to life,— pushkin was the forerunner of the great men ..."
4. A Short History of Russian Literature by I. K. Shakhnovskiĭ (1921)
"As soon as pushkin had learned how to read, he was taught Russian by one Schiller
... At the age of ten, pushkin changed, and, although not very studious, ..."
5. Free Russia by William Hepworth Dixon (1870)
"pushkin is uneducated in the higher sense ; Ilyin is a scholar to whom all systems
of philosophy He open. pushkin is not clever; Ilyin is considered, ..."
6. Russian Short Stories, Ed. for School Use by Harry Christian Schweikert (1919)
"Even today pushkin is looked up to by the Russians as their first great modern poet.
After leaving school pushkin obtained employment in the Foreign Office ..."
7. Free Russia by William Hepworth Dixon (1870)
"pushkin is young, Ilyin is old. pushkin is of burgher, Ilyin of noble birth.
pushkin is uneducated in the higher sense ; Ilyin is a scholar to whom all ..."
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