Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin

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historical drama play verse drama

"Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin" is a historical drama written in verse that portrays the turbulent reign of the Russian tsar Boris Godunov and explores themes of power, legitimacy, and popular unrest.

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Label Occurrences
Boris Godunov (Pushkin play) 2
Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin canonical 2
Alexander Pushkin’s drama Boris Godunov 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical drama ⓘ
play ⓘ
verse drama ⓘ
author Alexander Pushkin ⓘ
basedOn reign of Tsar Boris Godunov ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
depicts court politics in Muscovy ⓘ
pretenders to the Russian throne ⓘ
featuresCharacter False Dmitry I ⓘ
surface form: False Dmitry

Russian boyars ⓘ
Feodor I of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Tsar Boris Godunov
focusesOn moral consequences of seizing power ⓘ
role of the masses in politics ⓘ
genre historical drama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ
surface form: Boris Godunov (opera) by Modest Mussorgsky
influenced Russian historical drama tradition ⓘ
literaryForm verse ⓘ
literaryMovement Russian Romanticism ⓘ
literarySignificance important example of Pushkin’s dramatic writing ⓘ
major work of Russian drama ⓘ
mainCharacter Boris Godunov ⓘ
narrativeFocus turbulent reign of Boris Godunov ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
portrays political instability in Russia ⓘ
relationship between ruler and people ⓘ
struggle for the Russian throne ⓘ
settingPeriod Time of Troubles ⓘ
settingPlace Russia ⓘ
structure scenes in multiple locations ⓘ
theme fate ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
legitimacy of rule ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ
popular unrest ⓘ
power ⓘ
responsibility of rulers ⓘ
usurpation ⓘ
title Boris Godunov ⓘ
workOf Alexander Pushkin ⓘ

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky → basedOn → Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin ⓘ
subject surface form: Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov → portrayedIn → Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin ⓘ
this entity surface form: play "Boris Godunov" by Alexander Pushkin
Coronation Scene → basedOn → Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin ⓘ
Death of Boris → influencedBy → Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexander Pushkin’s drama Boris Godunov
Death of Boris → hasSourceWork → Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boris Godunov (Pushkin play)
Shuisky → appearsIn → Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boris Godunov (play)
Shuisky → firstAppearance → Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boris Godunov (Pushkin play)