Eugene Onegin
In Our Time: Culture
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The Challenge for Russia in Pushkin's Life
The big question for russia in pushkin's lifetime was, how could an autocratic monarchy cope with the challenge posted by the french revolution? And you can think of that in two ways. At one level, of course, it's an international challenge. And the big challenge at the beginning of pushkin’s lifetime comes from napole,. who came to power in france in the same year pushkin was born, 17 99. Initially, napoleon seems unstoppable. He defeated the austrians. He defeated prussians. He invaded spain. Only comes a cropper when he invaded russia in the summer of 18 12. and there he began to meet his nem
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