For 10 points, identify this Russian author, who described an incident in which the statue of Peter the Great came to life in "The Bronze Horseman" and also penned Boris Gudonov.
This author described how the moneylender Solomon advices Albert to poison his father to expedite his inheritance in The Covetous Knight, which is grouped with a play about two rival composers ending when one drinks poisoned champagne in his four Little Tragedies. In addition to Mozart and Salieri and The Stone Guest, he wrote about the daughter of King Vladimir, who is kidnapped by the wizard Chernomor in Ruslan and Lyudmila. For 10 points, identify this Russian author, who described an incident in which the statue of Peter the Great came to life in "The Bronze Horseman" and also penned Boris Gudonov.
This author described how the moneylender Solomon advices Albert to poison his father to expedite his inheritance in The Covetous Knight, which is grouped with a play about two rival composers ending when one drinks poisoned champagne in his four Little Tragedies.
Alexander Sergeyevich {Pushkin}