Tag Archives: Alexander Pushkin

Which Poets Should Ukraine Honor?

By Robin Bates | Published: May 23, 2022

Ukraine is currently taking down monuments to Russian-speaking poets and authors.

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In Ukraine, a Battle between 2 Poets

By Robin Bates | Published: April 19, 2022

The war in Ukraine can partly be explained as a war between two poets, Pushkin and Shevchenko.

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Poems To Mourn a Russian History Prof

By Robin Bates | Published: September 11, 2016

When a Russian history professor died at our college, his colleagues turned to poetry as they wrestled with his premature death. Ovid, Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Turgenev, and Walt Whitman provided powerful words.

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