His life included a season called the Boldino Fall, in which a cholera epidemic at his family's estate of Boldino became the occasion for a creative burst whose output included the verse drama cycle The Little Tragedies and the short stories of The Tales of Belkin.
His life included a season called the Boldino Fall, in which a cholera epidemic at his family's estate of Boldino became the occasion for a creative burst whose output included the verse drama cycle The Little Tragedies and the short stories of The Tales of Belkin. Killed due to wounds received in a duel with Baron George d'Anthes, his long poems include Poltava and The Bronze Horseman. For ten points, name this Russian author of The Queen of Spades, Ruslan and Ludmilla and Eugene Onegin.
His life included a season called the Boldino Fall, in which a cholera epidemic at his family's estate of Boldino became the occasion for a creative burst whose output included the verse drama cycle The Little Tragedies and the short stories of The Tales of Belkin.
Alexander Sergeyevich {Pushkin}