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A 10.30am pick up for our trip to Pushkin, 29km south of St Petersburg and named after Alexander Pushkin, the Russian poet, playwright and novelist who died in 1837 and is credited with being the founder of modern Russian literature. The Captain's Daughter, The Bronze Horseman and The Queen of Spades are some of his novels = must make a point of reading at least one of them. Out tour started with ... Read Full Entry

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