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Bunyn - копия

After the Decembrist revolt in 1825, Pushkin faced censorship despite hopes for reform from Tsar Nikolai I. He wrote a poem addressing exiled friends and deepened his interest in Russian history during this time, while also forming a friendship with Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz. In 1829, Pushkin became engaged to Natalya Goncharova, and during a cholera epidemic in 1830, he produced significant works including 'Eugene Onegin' and 'The Tales of Belkin' at his estate in Boldino.

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Bunyn - копия

After the Decembrist revolt in 1825, Pushkin faced censorship despite hopes for reform from Tsar Nikolai I. He wrote a poem addressing exiled friends and deepened his interest in Russian history during this time, while also forming a friendship with Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz. In 1829, Pushkin became engaged to Natalya Goncharova, and during a cholera epidemic in 1830, he produced significant works including 'Eugene Onegin' and 'The Tales of Belkin' at his estate in Boldino.

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After Decembrist revolt of 1825 in which many of Pushkin friends were involved,

Pushkin was brought under convoy from Mikhailovskoe to Moscow to meet the new Tsar
Nikolai I who promised Pushkin “forgiveness” and assured him that he is going to be his
personal censor, but throughout Pushkin’s life there were still many subsequent clashes
with censorship. Pushkin was hoping that the new Emperor would bring the long -
awaited reforms to Russia but these great hopes were not fulfilled.

In 1826 Pushkin wrote а poem «Посла´ние в Сиби´рь» (Letter to Siberia) which he


addressed to his friends Decembrists sentenced to hard labor in Siberian mines, and
Maria Volkonskaya took the poem with her as she prepared to join her exiled husband in
Siberia. At this period Pushkin’s interest in Russian history deepened, and he wrote long
poem Полта´ва and a novel in prose Ара´п Петра´ Вели´кого which remained
unfinished. At this time he also became friends with a celebrated Polish poet Adam
Mickiewicz who was in exile in Russia.

In 1829 Pushkin met sixteen –years old Natalya Goncharova who was considered the
most beautiful woman in Russia. He proposed but was not accepted at first, Natalya and
her family wanted to be assured that Pushkin’s troubles with government were resolved
and his position was stable, and only in 1830, after his second proposal, Pushkin and
Natalya Goncharova became engaged. After the engagement, in the autumn of 1830
Pushkin went to his family estate Boldino on business but was forced to remain there for
several months because of а cholera epidemic in Moscow. This period in Pushkin’s life
later became known as Бо´лдинская о´сень because of its rich creative legacy. In
Boldino Pushkin finished Eugene Onegin, wrote four "little tragedies" (Ма´ленькие
траге´дии) in verse, and the cycle of short stories, The Tales of Belkin (По´вести Бе
´лкина).

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