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Cabbage soup and barley. They're Russia's national food. Both excellent in their way, but a shade monotonous.
Alexander Pushkin
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Alexander Pushkin
Age: 37 †
Born: 1799
Born: June 6
Died: 1837
Died: February 10
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Moscow
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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
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Aleksandr Serge'evich Pushkin
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