What was the name of the man who fatally wounded Pushkin in a duel?
Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès
Ivan Turgenev
Mikhail Lermontov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Answer
Alexander Pushkin was fatally wounded in a duel with Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, a French officer serving with the Chevalier Guard Regiment. The duel was over allegations of an affair between d'Anthès and Pushkin's wife.
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