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Aleksandr Pushkin
— 1799 -1837 —
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By Richard E. Miller, September 4, 2011 | |
| | | 1. Aleksandr Pushkin Marker | | |
Inscription.
During his all too brief life, Aleksandr Pushkin created a body of literary works of astonishing, life-affirming beauty. Deeply attached to his Russian and African roots, Pushkin’s genius was devoted to the values of honor, freedom and individual dignity.
He gave his life for them. To this day, Pushkin is the Russian people’s pride.
Exigi Monumentum
[Verse in Russian text: …]
[Translation in English:]
"In years to come I’ll earn my people’s adoration,
For only gentle feelings my lyre did awake,
For freedom did I praise in time of tribulation
And mercy for fallen heroes’ sake,"
A. S. Pushkin.
- Translated by GW Professors Jonathan Chaves and Peter Rollberg.
This statue, by Alexander Bourganov and Igor Bourganov,
was created on initiative of the American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation
on the occasion of the bicentennial of Aleksandr Pushkin’s birth.
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, President
The George Washington University
The Honorable James W. Symington, Chairman
American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation.
[Seal of]
The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Erected 1999 by The American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation & The George Washington University| | | | 
By Richard E. Miller, September 4, 2011 | |
| | | 2. Aleksandr Pushkin Marker and Statue | | |
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Marker series. This marker is included in the Markers Attached to Sculpture marker series.
Location. 38° 53.981′ N, 77° 2.918′ W. Marker is in Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia, in Washington. Marker can be reached from H Street, NW east of 22nd Street, NW. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Washington DC 20037, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Leonard A. Grimes (a few steps from this marker); Pembroke College, Oxford, Coat of Arms (within shouting distance of this marker); Ingrid Bergman (about 500 feet away, in a direct line); St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (about 500 feet away); GW's River Horse (about 500 feet away); George Gamow (about 600 feet away); Edward Teller (about 600 feet away); Announcement of the Atomic Age (about 600 feet away). Click for a list of all markers in Foggy Bottom.
Also see . . .
1. Aleksandr (Sergeyevich) Pushkin. (Submitted on September 10, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
2. Alexander Pushkin. (Submitted on September 10, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
3. MajGen Abram Petrovich Gannibal ... Pushkin's African great-grandfather. (Submitted on September 10, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
4. Monument to Alexander Pushkin on Ploshchad Iskusstv (Arts Square), St. Petersburg. (Submitted on February 4, 2013, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
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Wikipedia | |
| | | 3. Aleksandr (Sergeyevich) Pushkin | | portrait by Ores Kiprinsky, 1827 | | |
Additional keywords. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin; Afro-Russians. |
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By Richard E. Miller, May 29, 2012 | |
| | | 4. Aleksandr Pushkin statue in Arts Square, St. Petersburg, Russia | | - with one of the square's ever present pigeons in front of the State Russian Museum on Ploshchad Iskusstv. This monument was created by sculptor Mikhail Anikushin and erected in 1957 to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg and is considered the finest of the several Pushkin statues in Russia | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on September 10, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 239 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 10, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 4. submitted on February 4, 2013, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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