The Daughter of the Commandant

Pushkin contributed not only to Russian lyrical and narrative poetry, but also to folk literature and the historical novel. The Daughter of the Commandant, which was published in 1836, is considered by Russians his best prose work. This famous historical novel, which is a romanticized account of Pugachevs Rebellion in 1774-1775, is also a precursor of the great Russian novel of the later period.