The Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837) created masterpieces of world literature. This biography showcases the lightness, depth, and universality of Pushkin's genius, as well as the internal and external struggles of his life—his eccentric character, financial difficulties, political persecution, and exile—leading up to his death in a duel in 1837. The biography of Aleksandr Pushkin traces the life stages of the greatest Russian poet in seven chapters: childhood and education at the Lyceum of Tsarskoye Selo, the beginning of a diplomatic career in Petersburg, the punitive transfer of the rebellious poet to southern Russia, exile to his family estate in Mikhailovskoye, and finally, the pardon by Tsar Nicholas I, followed by a restless life between Moscow and Petersburg, including his stay at the Boldino estate in the autumn of 1830—a wonderful peak of his creative work.