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Pushkin must fall: monuments to Russia’s national poet under threat in Ukraine
Since last February’s invasion more than 30 statues of the 19th-century poet seen as a symbol for tsarist imperialism have been dismantled
The Queen of Spades review – thrillingly addictive tale of gambling and sin
Thorold Dickinson’s 1949 Pushkin adaptation is a glorious melodrama about an ambitious Russian military officer and a countess who sold her soul to the devil in exchange for the secrets of a card game
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A Pushkin theme park? How about Discworld World, StephenKingLand …Onegin review – Natalia Osipova thrills with ecstatic, lovestruck obsession
Eugene Onegin review – a grand production of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece
Pushkin descendant puts Russian poet’s turbulent life on stage for first time
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Brief encounters: what are the best short novels?It won’t take much longer to read You Were Never Really Here than watch the new film – so it’s a good moment to celebrate the lasting joys of brevity
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Pushkin's pride: how the Russian literary giant paid tribute to his African ancestryHis black great-grandfather was abducted as a child and raised in Peter the Great’s court. A new Pushkin translation includes the little-known history of Russia’s Shakespeare
Happiness is a salty potato – and other life lessons from Russian literature
Don’t trust a woman who wears too much perfume and know your limits – Viv Groskop on the 10 top tips Chekhov, Tolstoy and others have for us today
How Lenin’s love of literature shaped the Russian Revolution
The father of the Soviet Union was also a Latin buff who adored Goethe and liked to compare his enemies to figures in novels
Nicholas Lezard's choice
Yevgeny Onegin by Alexander Pushkin review – an expert new translationNicholas Lezard’s paperback of the week: Anthony Briggs’s new version of the classic verse-novel is the first in English not to Anglicise the hero’s name
