Foggy Bottom in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Aleksandr Pushkin
1799 - 1837
By Richard E. Miller, September 4, 2011
1. Aleksandr Pushkin Marker
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 ask 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
By Richard E. Miller, September 4, 2011
2. Aleksandr Pushkin Marker and Statue
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.
Location. 38° 53.981′ N, 77° 2.918′ W. Marker is in Foggy Bottom in Washington, District of Columbia. Marker can be reached from H Street Northwest east of 22nd Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2121 I Street Northwest, Washington DC 20037, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Leonard A. Grimes (a few steps from this marker); ΦΒΚ (Phi Beta Kappa) (within shouting distance of this marker); Pembroke College, Oxford, Coat of Arms (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial Park (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); John A. Wilson, D.P.S. '92 (about 400 feet away); Free Mandela (about 400 feet away); Liberty Baptist Church (about 400 feet away); At GW, Being Bright Comes Naturally (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Foggy Bottom.
Also see . . .
1. Alexander Pushkin. (Submitted on September 10, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
2. MajGen Abram Petrovich Gannibal ... Pushkin's African great-grandfather. (Submitted on September 10, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
3. Monument to Alexander Pushkin on Ploshchad Iskusstv (Arts Square), St. Petersburg
Wikipedia
3. Aleksandr (Sergeyevich) Pushkin
Additional keywords. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin; Afro-Russians.
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
Credits. This page was last revised on November 12, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 10, 2011. This page has been viewed 733 times since then and 33 times this year. Last updated on November 12, 2020, by Bruce McConnell of Oakland, California. 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. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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