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Pushkin married Natalya Goncharova in 1831, but felt insulted by the low court title awarded to him by Tsar Nikolai I. His life ended tragically at age thirty-seven after a duel over his wife's honor, leaving behind a rich literary legacy that includes various genres and the renowned 'Eugene Onegin.' Pushkin's contributions to literature are celebrated in Russia, with his birthday recognized as a national holiday.

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Pushkin married Natalya Goncharova in 1831, but felt insulted by the low court title awarded to him by Tsar Nikolai I. His life ended tragically at age thirty-seven after a duel over his wife's honor, leaving behind a rich literary legacy that includes various genres and the renowned 'Eugene Onegin.' Pushkin's contributions to literature are celebrated in Russia, with his birthday recognized as a national holiday.

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In 1831 after a long courtship Pushkin married Natalya Goncharova.

Her beauty
attracted attention of the Tsar and he awarded Pushkin the title of Kammerjunker, a
very low court title usually given to the young officers, so that his wife could regularly
attend the court balls. Pushkin was offended, he felt that this low rank was
inappropriate for his age and reflected Nikolai I opinion of a minor statute of a poet in
society. The court life life with its balls and receptions held no interest for Pushkin and
he felt that he had less time for poetry. The beauty of Natalya sparked the interest of a
French baron George d’Anthes who started to pursue her. Pushkin challenged d’Anthes
to a duel; fortunately the first duel was averted because d’Anthes married Natalya’s
sister Yekaterina claiming that he was in love with her and not with Natalya. But the
rumors about him and Pushikin’s wife continued to circulate, and finally Pushkin
received an anonymous letter congratulating him on “joining the orden of cuckolds.”
The second duel took place on January 27, 1837, and Pushkin died in his apartment on
Moika river in St.Petersburg of a wound in the stomach two days later. He is buried at
Svyatogorsk Monastery cemetery near his family estate Mikhailovskoe of Pskov region
beside his mother.

Although Pushkin’s life was tragically cut short by his death at the age of thirty seven
after a duel over the honor of his wife, he left a very rich and influential literary legacy.
He worked in all literary genres – from poems to fairy-tales to historic chronicles, to
plays, and his innovative “novel in verse” (рома´н в стиха´х) Eugene Onegin. When
Pushkin died, the celebrated Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky said of him: «Со
´лнце ру´сской поэзии закати´лось» (The sun of Russian poetry has gone down).
Pushkin’s birthday on June 6 is celebrated as a holiday in Russia and is known as Пу
´шкинский День Росси´и.

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