Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. For some — school pain, for others — a name on a monument. But what does he mean today, in 2026, when clip thinking and neural networks write poetry for us? Paradox: Pushkin did not simply die, he became a cultural code. A code that we use, even when we are not aware of it. "At the green oak of Lukomorye" is known to everyone, even if they have not read "Ruslan and Lyudmila". "I am writing to you, what else can I do" — a quote in correspondence. "We all learned a little by little" — an ironic characteristic. Pushkin has penetrated memes, advertising, everyday speech. He has become a marker of "ourselves/strangers": if a person understands a quote from "Eugene Onegin", he is one of us. Language of Pushkin as a basis Modern Russian literary language is largely Pushkin's language. Before him, Russian was "clumsy" for artistic prose. Pushkin melted folk speech, Old Slavonicisms, and Western borrowings into something structured and light. When we say "well, brother?", "a melancholic time", "genius of pure beauty", we quote Pushkin. He created that very "golden mean" that allows us to understand literature of the 19th century without a dictionary. Without Pushkin, the Russian language would have been different — possibly more cumbersome, less flexible. Pushkin in memes and internet On the network, Pushkin lives in all his aspects. The meme "Poet Pushkin" is a caricature of a cadet with sideburns. "I am waiting for when all this will end" illustrates a sad Pushkin. "Rhythm to the word frost" — classic. Twitter accounts citing Pushkin on current events gain thousands of followers. Neural networks draw Pushkin as a superhero, Pushkin-rapper, Pushkin-anime. On the one hand, this is profanation. On the other hand, it is proof of vitality. If Pushkin were boring, he would not be meme-ified. Pushkin and modern media Television series adapt "Eugene Onegin" in the style of teen drama. "The Queen of Spades" is turned into a horror. "The Captain's ... Read more