1)What is Alexander Pushkin famous for ?2)When and where was Pushkin born ?
3)Were did he get his education ?
4)When did Pushkin begin writing ?
5)When were his first poems published ?
6) What are his most famouse works ?
7)When and where werehis novels set ?
8)What did he describe in his novels ?
9)When did A.Pushkin die ?
10)What was he honoured by his contemporaries for?
11)Are his works still popular today?

1. Alexander Pushkin is famous for being Russia's greatest poet,novelist and playwright.
2. Pushkin was born on June 6, 1799 in Moscow.
3. He got his education from the Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo.
4. Pushkin began writing when he was only six years old.
5. His first poem was published in the journal The Messenger of Europe in 1814 when he was fifteen years old.
6. There are many famous works written by Pushkin such as Ruslan and Ludmila, The Captain's Daughter, Eugene Onegin, and many more.
7. The Captain's Daughter novel was set in Russia during the reign of Catherine the Great at the time of Pugachev's Rebellion in 1773–1774.
8. In this novel he described the life of an honourable man Pyotr Andreyich Grinyov, who was sent into military service by his father. There he met his captain's daughter Masha and fell in love with her but this caused a rift between Pyotr and his fellow officer Shvabrin. Later on during Pugachev's Rebellion, Pyotr was accused of having friendly relations with Pugachev because Shvabrin testified that Pyotr was a traitor. Pyotr was imprisoned because of that accusation but later was set free because Masha managed to convince Empress Catherine the Great of his innocence. Basically, the novel romanticised account of Pugachev's Rebellion and described the importance of honour and loyalty.
9. Pushkin died on January 29, 1837 at the age of thirty-seven.
10. He was honoured by his contemporaries for being a remarkable novelist.
11. Yes, they are still very popular.