Putin Would Never Allow Alexander Pushkin to be Published

Two hundred years ago, the great Russian poet stood up against tyrants — and was exiled

Walter Bowne
Writers’ Blokke
Published in
11 min readSep 9, 2022

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The Bronze Horseman (Медный всадник) statue of Peter the Great. Photo by Godot13. (link)

The Russian poet Alexander Pushkin charts antithetical, Romantic themes — Liberty and Tyranny — in two famous poems, “Ode to Liberty” and “The Bronze Horseman.

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Walter Bowne
Writers’ Blokke

This “trophy husband” writes fiction, poetry, narrative non-fiction, travel essays, music essays, book reviews, and essays about his belly button.