Complete Works of Alexander Pushkin. A full set of 6 volumes. Published by Academia, Leningrad, 1936. In Russian. Hardcover with decorative embossing. With illustrations. Edited by M.A. Tsyavlovsky. Alexander Pushkin, 1799 to 1837, was a Russian writer of the Romantic era considered to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. The publication of his collected works was dedicated to the centenary of the poets death. Academia was a Soviet publishing house that functioned from 1922 till 1937. The publishing house employed many prominent Russian graphic artists and issued over one thousand books during its existence, mostly intellectual and classical literature. Antiquarian Librarian Books For Collectors.