'The Captain's Daughter'' - is an historical novel by A. S. Pushkin (1799-1837), a genius Russian poet, " sun of Russian poetry", playwright and prose writer. *** The scene of the story is laid in the days of Pugachev's Rebellion. An unusual plot of the novel is the acquaintance and love of the lead characters Masha Mironova and Pyotr Grinyov, their future.