Russian Language Day is observed annually on June 6. The event was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2010. UN Russian Language Day coincides with the birthday of Aleksandr Pushkin, a Russian poet who is considered the father of modern Russian language. #russia #moscow #russianlanguageday #aleksandrpushkin #language https://www.instagram.com/p/CBFkPMpH6aY/?igshid=v66inacea4nh

«"But I was simply not intended for happiness—that alien role. Should your perfections be expended in vain on my unworthy soul? Believe (as conscience is my warrant), wedlock for us would be abhorrent. I'd love you, but inside a day, with custom, love would fade away"» (from Eugene Onegin, Chapter IV, Stanza XIV, trans. C. Johnston) ~ #BornOnThisDay: #AlexanderPushkin (Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, 1799-1837), Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. ~ Best-known works: • Ruslan and Ludmila [Руслан и Людмила] (c. 1820, fairy tale in verse) • Boris Godunov [Борис Годунов] (1825, historical closet play) • Eugene Onegin [Евгений Онегин] (1832/33, sonnet sequence/verse novel) • "The Queen of Spades" [Пиковая дама] (1834, short story) • The Captain's Daughter [Капитанская дочка] (1836, novel) • The Bronze Horseman [Медный всадник] (1837, long narrative poem, posthumously published) ~ «"But the eyes which have enslaved me are for ever in my sight; they Have disquieted my spirit, they have destroyed my peace."» (from The Captain's Daughter, Chapter IV: The Duel, trans. E. Telfer) ~ #birthday #Pushkin #AleksandrPushkin #Пушкин #АлександрПушкин #EugeneOnegin #ЕвгенийОнегин #TheCaptainsDaughter #Капитанскаядочка #RuslanAndLudmila #РусланиЛюдмила #TheQueenOfSpades #BorisGodunov #TheBronzeHorseman #AlexanderSergeyevichPushkin #RussianLiterature #book #books #bookstagram #bibliophile #reading #read #booklove #bookoftheday #instabook #literature #bookworm #epic https://www.instagram.com/p/ByYAuJWhCGm/?igshid=m4dzyhy8i68l

There are wonders there. There!- A Leshen wanders, Rusalka ponders on a tree. And there on these unknown trails, The tracks of unseen beasts. ~My translation of a small segment from a famous Russian poem by Aleksandr Pushkin Там чудеса: там леший бродит, Русалка на ветвях сидит; Там на неведомых дорожках Следы невиданных зверей; These were the musings of folklore about mythical creatures and unknown beasts in my childhood. I stumbled upon one such beast today. #Leshen #RussianPoetry #Folklore #AleksandrPushkin

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