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Alexander Pushkin

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The Resume

    (June 6, 1799-February 10, 1837)
    Born in Moscow, Russian Federation
    Wrote the dramas 'The Stone Guest' and 'Boris Godunov'
    Wrote the verse novel 'Eugene Onegin'
    Wrote the poems 'Ruslan and Ludmila,' 'The Gabrieliad,' 'The Gypsies,' 'Poltava' and 'The Bronze Horseman'
    Mortally wounded in a duel with Georges d'Anthes, whom he had accused of trying to seduce his wife

Why he might be annoying:

    A biographer described him as crude, rude, impulsive and self-centered.
    He had long, dirty fingernails.
    He gambled heavily and was always in debt.
    He was hailed as a hero by the Bolsheviks, who considered him a predecessor to Soviet literature.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He published his first poem at age 15.
    He was exiled from St. Petersburg for his political beliefs.
    Tsar Nicholas I called him 'the cleverest man in Russia.'
    His works were the basis for operas by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov.
    In a poll asking Russians which of their countrymen had made the greatest contribution to world history, Pushkin came in second, between Peter the Great and Lenin (1999).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 78 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 35 Votes: 68.57% Annoying