Since I'm on the topic, and though he's hardly unknown in Russia (!), let me say that I find Pushkin amazing. I'm still learning Russian - it's slow going - so I read "Onegin" in the Babette Deutsch version:
"Blessed is he who leaves the glory
Of life's gay feast ere time is up,
Who does not drain the brimming cup,
Nor read the ending of the story,
But drops it without more ado,
As, my Onegin, I drop you."
Cheers,
John
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