... of Mikhailovskoe (Massie 207). It was here that Alexander began to revolutionize Russian literature forever. While he was there he would seclude himself to a small room and write. He began reading Russian history books and his old nurse from his childhood would tell him old Russian fairy tales. This knowledge of Russian culture inspired Pushkin to write some of his best works ever. The history ... soon became the theme for many of his works and it was called by his country men "an encyclopedia of Russian life." (Massie 207) This writing style began to make Russian literature readable. D...

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... Russians use many artistic tools to express these influences. Music, film, and performance are all used as mediums to express the joys and the pains of the Russian culture, but the most effective and influential is Russian literature. Russian literature has had a lasting effect on Russian arts. "The various musical compositions, paintings, and performances are also manifestations of the intellectual function literary texts have served for ... and women have looked at and reacted to the world both in social-political action and aesthetic representation."" (Rzhevsky, 1996, p. x) Russian li...

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In the original "Eugene Onegin" was written in Russian by A.S. Pushkin. Pushkin was a famous Russian writer known for such novels as "Queen Of Spades", "Belkin Tales", "Eugene Onegin", such poems as "Ruslan and Ludmila", "Tzar Sultan", and many others which greatly influenced the 19th century literature of the Russian culture. There were four translations during 125 years since Pushkin's death. From the early age Pushkin ... lived in the highest Russian social and intellectual circles. He was educated in Tzarskoe selo where he was prepared to take on high responsibilities ... ...

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