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Bu Stolpsedt from Sweden fell in love with the novel Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin and is going to reconstruct the epoch of the Russian poet in his native land. He has already built a country estate resembling Mikhailovskoye, set up a copy of the Tsarskoye Selo gazebo where the poet surely had rest. Even the trees in Bu’s garden are called after the characters of Eugene Onegin: oak and maple trees called Tatiana, Olga, Onegin, Lenskiy. Sprouts of Busset were brought from Mikhailovskoye, according to the website of Alliance of Russian Societies in Sweden.
Works by Alexander Pushkin impressed Bu Stolpsedt so deeply, that Pushkin’s Villa, as the owner tenderly nicknamed it, becomes celebration ground for marking the birth anniversary of Alexander Pushkin, the founder of the Russian language, every year. This initiative lasts for 10 years. Members of different Russian-speaking organizations and locals take part in activities organized by Mikhailovskoye in Sweden. Poetry and songs after A. Pushkin’s poems sound at the Russian Language day timed with Pushkin’s birth anniversary.
Stolpsedt is trying himself in the world of literature. His play The Last Hours about life of the favorite poet was staged in several theatres of Sweden.
Russkiy Mir
