Alexander Pushkin has a reputation for great , or the greatest Russian poet. Pushkin is also considered as the founder of modern Russian literary language. The origin of Alexander Pushkin comes from a noble family branched untitled Pushkin , genealogical legend dates back to the " husband honest" Ratshe , a contemporary of Alexander Nevsky . Pushkin wrote repeatedly about his ancestry in verse and prose , and he had seen in his long line of ancestors of the sample , the true "aristocracy" , honestly serve his country , but not curry favor with the rulers, and " persecuted ".