Tag: Sengbe Pushkin monument sculptor Opekushin Yaroslavl Museum

Turns 221 years since the birth of Alexander Pushkin. His contribution to the development of the Russian language is difficult to overestimate, and creativity has become the Golden Fund not only for domestic but also for world literature. 140 years ago on the day of the birth of Pushkin on Tverskoy Boulevard in Moscow was opened the first monument to the poet. The author was a former serf from Yaroslavl sculptor Alexander Opekushin.