Ruslan and Lyudmila
by Alexander Pushkin 
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In order to rescue his beloved Lyudmila, who has been abducted by the evil wizard Chernomor, the warrior Ruslan faces an epic and perilous quest, encoutering a multitude of fantastic and terrifying characters along the way. The basis for Glinka's famous opera of the same name, Ruslan and Lyudmila - Pushkin's second longest poetical work - is a dramatic and ingenious retelling of Russian folklore, full of humour and irony.Tags
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Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, one of Russian's greatest poets, was born in Moscow on June 6, 1799. He studied Latin and French literature at the Lyceum. Pushkin was often in conflict with the government and was kept under surveillance for much of his later life. He was also exiled for a period of time. His works include Eugene Onegin and Ruslan show more and Ludmila. Pushkin died on February 10, 1837 in St. Petersburg of a wound received during a duel protecting the honor of his wife. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Ruslan and Lyudmila
- Original title
- Руслан и Людмила : поэма / Ruslan i Li︠u︡dmila : poėma /; Ruslan i Lyudmila
- Original publication date
- 1820
- Related movies
- Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972 | IMDb)
- Original language
- Russian
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- Poetry, Fiction and Literature, Fantasy
- DDC/MDS
- 891.713 — Literature & rhetoric Literatures of other languages East Indo-European and Celtic literatures Russian and East Slavic languages Russian poetry 1800–1917
- LCC
- PG3347 .R85 — Language and Literature Slavic languages and literatures. Baltic languages. Albanian language Slavic. Baltic. Albanian Russian literature Individual authors and works 1800-1870 Pushkin
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