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Boris Godunov
Alexander Pushkin, Александр Сергеевич Пушкин · 1831 · 166 pages
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Boris Godunov is a closet play by Alexander Pushkin. It was written in 1825, published in 1831, but not approved for performance by the censor until 1866. Its subject is the Russian ruler Boris Godunov, who reigned as Tsar from 1598 to 1605. It consists of 25 scenes and is written predominantly in blank verse.Modest Mussorgsky's opera, Boris Godunov (1874), is based on this play.
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