About the book: year / The biography of Pushkin over the past centuries has been studied in detail by researchers, which cannot be said about “Pushkin geography,” which is the topic of the book. The poet’s dream takes him to that distant land, “where the vaults of the sky shine in blue splendor, where the shadow of olive trees falls on the waters,” but the king does not let him go abroad. With this indisputable fact begins Pushkin’s amazing journey through Italy and Africa in the company of the poet and his guide, the author of this book. Alexey Bukalov – Italianist, Africanist, historian, head of the ITAR-TASS bureau in Rome.