"The Bronze Horseman," often regarded as Pushkin's most accomplished narrative poem, has had a lasting impact on Russian literature. It is widely regarded as one of the most significant works in Russian literature, and it is one of the reasons Pushkin is sometimes referred to as the "creator of modern Russian literature." The Bronze Horseman is a dramatic poem by Alexander Pushkin about the life of Khudayar Nazirjev, a young nobleman from Uzbekistan who traveled to St. Petersburg in order to seek his fortune and become a citizen of Russia. Khudayar succeeds in gaining citizenship but dies of a fever before he can take up residence in Russia. His tombstone serves as evidence that he existed but does not reveal how he met his end. Pushkin wrote The Bronze Horseman in 1826-1827 while he was living in St. Petersburg serving in the government office that administered state lands. The work was first published in Moscow in three volumes in 1830-1831. It was extremely popular with readers and influenced many later poets, including Lermontov and Turgenev. Khudayar's story inspired several other writers to produce their own poems about historical figures from Uzbekistan who had come to Russia looking for prosperity only to die alone and forgotten.