Alexander Pushkin (play)

Alexander Pushkin (The Last Days)
Pushkin's duel with d'Anthes by A. Naumov, 1884
Written byMikhail Bulgakov
Date premiered10 April 1943
Original languageRussian
SubjectAlexander Pushkin
GenreHistorical drama

Alexander Pushkin (Russian: Александр Пушкин), also called The Last Days (Russian: Последние дни) is a four-act play by Mikhail Bulgakov. Written in 1934–1935, it depicts the last days of Alexander Pushkin's life. The play was set to be published on the 100th anniversary of Pushkin's death; however, it was not published during Bulgakov's lifetime.