How did Pushkin become the ‘greatest Russian poet’? Natalya Kochetkova Oct 20 2026 Culture

https://www.gw2ru.com/arts/258440-how-did-pushkin-become-the-greatest-russian-poet And why should we thank Dostoevsky for this? The need for a "foremost national poet" emerged in European countries during the Romantic era in the late 18th and 19th centuries. This was linked to the formation of nation-states and the search for national identity. There was a need for cultural heroes capable of standing on equal footing with religious saints.