Poushkin
or PUSHKIN (pösh'kin), ALEXANDER, a Russian poet; born in Moscow, Russia, June 6, 1799.
In 1817 he received a government appointment, but was banished for writing an "Ode to Liberty"; was recalled and restored to office in 1825. A portion of his works have been translated into German, French and English. He wrote "Ruslan and Lindmilla"; "Fountain of Bakhtchisarai"; "Robber Brothers"; "Count Nuhm"; "Poltava"; "The House in Kolomna"; "Boris Godunoff"; "Eu- POWER gene Onyegin." Among his novels are: "The Captain's Daughter"; and "The Queen of Spades." He died in St.
Petersburg, Feb. 10, 1837.