1 rouble 1999 MMD Pushkin, from circulation
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Пушкин, tr. Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, (6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.