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The death of Pushkin

Pushkin died after a duel with a Frenchman.

Rumours about the other man's relationship with Pushkin's much younger wife had led to the stand-off.

Elaine Feinstein is a Pushkin biographer.

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10 minutes

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Fri 11 Feb 2011 11:50GMT

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