Pushkin

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpʊʃkɪn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pŏŏsh′kin; Russ. po̅o̅′shkyin)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Push•kin  (pŏŏsh′kin; Russ. po̅o̅′shkyin),USA pronunciation n. 
    A•le•xan•der Ser•ge•e•vich  (al′ig zan′dər sûr gā′ə vich, -zän′-; Russ. u lyi ksän′dr syir gye′yi vyich),USA pronunciation 1799–1837, Russian poet, short-story writer, and dramatist.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Pushkin / ˈpʊʃkɪn/
  1. a town in NW Russia: site of the imperial summer residence and Catherine the Great's palace. Pop: 84 628 (2002)
    Former name: (1708–1937) Tsarskoye Selo
Pushkin / ˈpʊʃkɪn/
  1. Aleksander (Sergeyevich) ( alɪkˈsandr sɪrˈɡjejɪvitʃ ). 1799–1837, Russian poet, novelist, and dramatist. His works include the romantic verse tale The Prisoner of the Caucasus (1822), the verse novel Eugene Onegin (1833), the tragedy Boris Godunov (1825), and the novel The Captain's Daughter (1836)
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Boris Godunov

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