It is difficult to overestimate the role of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin for Russian literature and art. This ingenious poet and prose writer is considered the creator of the modern literary Russian language, leaving behind many poems, short stories, novels and poems. It is hard to believe that all this rich literary heritage was created by a man who was killed at the age of 37. But it’s probably impossible to call the only killer of Georges Dantes, who shot Pushkin in a duel.
Inconvenient character of the poet
The poet’s father, Sergei L'vich Pushkin, came from an old noble family, whose roots date back to the time of Alexander Nevsky, mother Nadezhda Osipovna, nee Hannibal, was the granddaughter of the famous “Arap Peter the Great, ” who received the noble title from the hands of Emperor Peter I. The admixture of Ethiopian blood was not only affected on the appearance of Alexander Pushkin, but also on his temperament and explosive character.
Short in stature, mobile, with coarse curly hair, not distinguished for beauty in the generally accepted sense, Pushkin was, according to his contemporaries, "like a monkey." Independent and proud in character, the poet probably did not flatter himself due to his appearance, although from a young age he enjoyed great success with the ladies. The classmates with whom he studied at the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum loved and knew him as a sincere and faithful friend, incapable of lying and betrayal, but in the light of him they did not really complain for his sharp tongue and poisonous epigrams, which, thanks to the talent of the poet, were really brilliant and accurate and immediately dispersed to secular living rooms. Throughout his life, Pushkin was constantly faced with situations that were often challenged by a duel, the poet’s friends who understood the value and magnitude of his talent constantly had to reconcile his rivals.
Modern graphological examination has confirmed the involvement in the writing of the infamous libel of fellow soldiers Georges Dantes.
