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Alexander Pushkin was a 19-th century Russian poet, novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer. He ………………… as the founder of modern Russian literature, and his works have been adapted into operas by several Russian composers.

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Raised in a neglected environment, Pushkin began his literary pursuits at an early age. However, he eventually became rebellious in his compositions. His works began infuriating the ………………… government. As a result, Pushkin was sent into exile. After almost 6 years of exile, Pushkin was finally released from deportation, but the tsar applied censorship to his writings.

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What do you know about the history of Moscow? The first documentary reference to Moscow ………………… many years ago in the early monastic chronicles under the year 1147, when on April 4 Yuri Vladimirovich Dolgorukiy, prince of Suzdal, was host at a “great banquet” for his ally the prince of Novgorod-Seversky “in Moscow.”.

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This is the traditional date of Moscow’s founding, although archaeological evidence showed that a settlement ………………… on the site since Neolithic times.

EXIST

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Archaeological work has also revealed the remains of roads and evidence of iron and leather working ………………… from the 11-th century.

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Defense was essential to protect the growing settlement, and in 1156 the first fortifications were built on the relatively high spit of land between the Moscow River and a small tributary, the Neglinnaya. The Neglinnaya now flows through an underground conduit, but part of its course ………………… by a street of the same name.

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