Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin () was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.Basker, Michael. Pushkin and Romanticism. In Ferber, Michael, ed., ''A Companion to European Romanticism''. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. He is consid ...

(1799–1837) was a Russian poet. Pushkin may also refer to:

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Pushkin, Saint Petersburg Pushkin () is a administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg, municipal town in Pushkinsky District, Saint Petersburg, Pushkinsky District of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia, located s ...

, a town in Pushkinsky District of Saint Petersburg, Russia *

Pushkin Airport Pushkin Airport () is an airport in Leningrad Oblast, Russia located 28 km south of Saint Petersburg. It handles small airliners. It was home to 147 OVZ RZB regiment flying Mil Mi-8 The Mil Mi-8 (, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a med ...

, an airfield near Saint Petersburg, Russia *

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, Azerbaijan, formerly Pushkin * Pushkin (Tashkent Metro), a railway station in Tashkent, Uzbekistan * Pushkin High School, in Berezniki, Russia * Pushkin Park, in Saransk, Mordovia, Russia * Pushkin Street, the main street of Kazan, Russia

People with the surname

* Aleksei Musin-Pushkin (1744–1817), Russian statesman, historian, and art collector *

Valentin Musin-Pushkin Count Valentin Platonovich Musin-Pushkin (Russian: Граф Валенти́н Плато́нович Му́син-Пу́шкин; ) was a Russian military and government official who reached the rank of field marshal. Biography Scion of a larg ...

(1735–1804), Russian military officer and government official * Ales Pushkin (1965–2023), Belarusian artist, performer, and political prisoner * Alexander Pushkin (ballet dancer) (1907–1970), Russian ballet master *

Apollo Mussin-Pushkin Count Apollos Apollosovich Musin-Pushkin (; February 17, 1760 – April 18, 1805) was a Russian chemist and plant collector. He led a botanical expedition to the Caucasus in 1802 with his friend botanist Friedrich August Marschall von Biebers ...

(1760–1805), Russian chemist and plant collector * Boris Pushkin (c. 1590–1659), Russian diplomat and officeholder * Georgy Pushkin (1909–1963), Soviet ambassador and politician *

Mike Pushkin Mike Pushkin (born February 8, 1970) is the Chair of the West Virginia Democratic Party and a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 37 since 2014. He is also a taxi driver and musician, taking passengers ...

, American politician *

Natalia Pushkina Natalia Nikolayevna Pushkina-Lanskaya (; 8 September 1812 – 26 November 1863) ( Goncharova) (Гончарова) was the wife of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin from 1831 until his death in 1837 in a duel with Georges d'Anthès. Natalia ...

(1812–1863), Alexander Pushkin's wife * Vasily Pushkin (1766–1830), Russian poet and Alexander Pushkin's uncle

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Rocket Red Rocket Red () is a superhero appearing in the DC Comics universe. Created by Steve Englehart and Joe Staton, he first appeared in ''Green Lantern Corps ''#208 (January 1987), appearing shortly afterward in ''Justice League'' in issue #3 (July 1987) ...

(Dmitri Pushkin), DC Comics superhero * General Pushkin, the head of the KGB in the 1987 film ''

The Living Daylights ''The Living Daylights'' is a 1987 spy film, the fifteenth entry in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the first of two to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The fourth film in the series to ...

'' * Vladimir Pushkin, the main antagonist in the 2014 film ''

The Equalizer ''The Equalizer'' is an American vigilante action thriller multimedia franchise initially co-created by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim. It originated with a CBS television series from 1985 to 1989 starring Edward Woodward. The concept ...

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* '' Pushkin: The Last Duel'', a 2006 Russian film *

Pushkin Industries Pushkin Industries is an American publisher of podcasts and audiobooks. It was started in 2018 by Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg. As of 2021, it hosts over 25 podcasts. History The company was co-founded in 2018 by Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob ...

, an American podcast and audiobook publisher * Pushkin Institute, a Russian-language education center in Moscow *

Pushkin Museum The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (, abbreviated as , ''GMII'') is the largest museum of European art in Moscow. It is located in Volkhonka street, just opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The International musical festival Sviatos ...

, a fine arts museum in Moscow *

Pushkin Press Pushkin Press is a British-based publishing house dedicated to publishing novels, essays, memoirs and children's books. The London-based company was founded in 1997 and is notable for publishing authors such as Stefan Zweig, Marcel Aymé, Antal ...

, a British-based publishing house *

Pushkin Prize The Pushkin Prize () was a Russian literary award presented to a Russian writer considered to have achieved the highest standard of literary excellence. It was established in 1881 by the Russian Academy of Sciences to honor one of the greatest R ...

, a Russian literary prize * ''Alexander Pushkin'' (Bourganov), a statue in Washington D.C., US *

Alexander Pushkin (diamond) The Alexander Pushkin (, ; ) is a 320.65 carat colorless raw diamond, the second largest gem diamond ever found in Russia or the territory of the former Soviet Union (after the 26th Congress of the CPSU), and one of the largest in the world as ...

, a large gem discovered in 1989 * MS ''Alexandr Pushkin'', an ocean liner * "Pushkin", a 1994 song by Will Oldham from '' Days in the Wake''

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