February 10 is the 186th anniversary of the death of the great poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin.

Interesting facts about the poet:

• Young Pushkin was fascinated by the French language and French poetry, for which he received the nickname 'Frenchman' from his peers.
• Alexander Sergeevich left many drawings in his manuscripts. And they still delight admirers of the poet's talent.
• Turgenev considered Pushkin's poems a cure for depression, and in case of a bad mood he recommended reading at least a dozen of them.
• It was Pushkin who gave Gogol the idea of writing his book  'The Government Inspector' ('Revizor').
• The poet survived 20 duels, but the 21st became fatal for him.

Do you enjoy reading Pushkin? What poems or fairy tales by Pushkin do you re-read? Write in the comments here.