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Alexander Pushkin
Artist	Alexander Bourganov
Year	2000 (2000)
Type	Bronze
Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Coordinates	38°53′59.0166″N 77°2′55.4″W / 38.899726833°N 77.048722°W / 38.899726833; -77.048722
Owner	George Washington University

Alexander Pushkin is a bronze statue by Alexander Bourganov. It is located at the corner of 22nd Street and H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C., on the campus of George Washington University. It was erected as part of a cultural exchange between the cities of Moscow and Washington; in 2009, a statue of the American poet Walt Whitman was erected in Moscow. Pushkin's statue is said to be the first monument commemorating a Russian literary figure in the United States.

James W. Symington, then the Chairman of the American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation, first proposed that a statue of Alexander Pushkin be erected in Washington. Ground was broken on June 6, 1999, the 200th anniversary of Pushkin's birth. The statue was completed over the forthcoming year and dedicated on September 20, 2000, as a gift from the Government of Moscow to the city of Washington.

The figure of the author is posed in front of a tall column on which stands the winged horse Pegasus, which represents "poetry and creative inspiration".

See also

• List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2

References

1. Bourganov's House Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine at the Moscow State Museum.
2. ^ "Pushkin Statue" at the George Washington University and Foggy Bottom Historical Encyclopedia.Archived 2012-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "U.S. and Russian Poets of Freedom Hailed in Moscow and Washington" Archived 2011-04-05 at the Wayback Machine. America.gov, 28 September 2009.
4. "Russian Gays Disappointed in Clinton". Fox News, October 14, 2009.
5. ^ "Pushkin in Place". Around Town, Washington Life, November 1999.
6. Alexander Pushkin at DC Memorials.
7. Tori Reimann and Abbey Rathweg (September 21, 2000). University unveils Pushkin sculpture Statue commemorates Russian poet. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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