The poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila" is a fairy tale written in 1818-1820. The creation of the author's work was inspired by Russian folklore, Russian epics and popular tales. Pushkin's poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila" is full of elements of grotesque fantasy, colloquial vocabulary and good-natured irony of the author. According to literary critics, the work is a parody of Zhukovsky's chivalric novels and romantic ballads.

Main characters

Ruslan- a brave prince, the groom of Lyudmila, who saved her from Chernomor.

Ludmila- Princess, the youngest daughter of Prince Vladimir, the bride of Ruslan.

Chernomor- a hunchbacked dwarf with a long magical beard, "the midnight owner of the mountains", kidnapped Lyudmila.

Finn- an old wizard who helped Ruslan find and save Lyudmila.

Other characters

Rogdai- "brave warrior", one of Ruslan's rivals.

Farlaf- "an arrogant screamer, not defeated by anyone in feasts, but a modest warrior", killed Ruslan and kidnapped Lyudmila.

Ratmir- "Young Khazar Khan", wanted to marry Lyudmila, but fell in love with another maiden.

Naina- Finn's beloved, a witch.

Prince Vladimir- Prince of Kyiv, father of Lyudmila.

dedication

The author dedicates his work to the "beauties" - "the queens of his soul". The poem begins with a description of the fabulous seashore - a magical world is revealed to the reader, where a learned cat, a mermaid, a goblin, Baba Yaga, Tsar Kashchei, knights and sorcerers live.

Canto One

Prince Vladimir marries his younger daughter Lyudmila to "prince the brave Ruslan". The festival is in full swing, the guests are listening to the song of the "sweet singer" Bayan, glorifying the newlyweds. However, not everyone is having fun, "in despondency, with a cloudy brow" three knights are sitting, Ruslan's rivals - Rogdai, Farlaf, Ratmir.

After the feast, the young went to their chambers. Thunder suddenly struck, the room darkened and "someone in the smoky depths / Soared blacker than foggy darkness." Ruslan, in desperation, discovers that Lyudmila is missing. Having learned about what happened, Prince Vladimir promises whoever can find her, the hand of his daughter and half the kingdom. Ruslan, Rogdai, Farlaf and Ratmir set off in different directions in search of Lyudmila.

On the way, Ruslan notices a cave. Entering it, the knight sees a gray-haired old man reading a book. The elder informs him that Lyudmila was kidnapped by "the terrible wizard Chernomor". The knight stays overnight in the cave, and the elder tells him his story. He was a "natural Finn", a shepherd in love with a very beautiful and proud girl Naina. However, she refused the young man. Then the Finn went to distant lands and ten years later returned as a winner, throwing treasures at the feet of his beloved. But Naina again refused him. Finn decided to attract his beloved with charms, studied with sorcerers in the forests for many years and, finally, was able to fall in love with a woman. However, forty years had passed since their last meeting, and now in front of him was not a young beauty, but a decrepit old woman, and even a sorceress. Finn runs away from a woman who has kindled a passion for him, and since then Naina has hated a man.

Canto two

At this time, Rogdai decides to kill his main rival - Ruslan, and goes back. Farlaf, having lunch near the stream, saw a knight rushing at him, got scared and fled. When Rogdai, who believed that he was chasing Ruslan, caught up with him, he was disappointed and let the knight go.

On the way, Rogdai met the old woman Naina, who showed him the way to Ruslan to the north. The sorceress also appeared to Farlaf - she advised him to return to Kyiv, since "Lyudmila will not leave" them.

After the abduction, Lyudmila was in "painful oblivion" for a long time. The girl woke up in rich chambers, similar to the house of Scheherazade. Three virgins, to the wonderful singing, braided Lyudmila's braid, put on her a pearl crown, an azure sundress and a pearl belt. However, the princess is very sad and yearns for Ruslan. She is not even happy with the magical beauty of the garden, where she spends the whole day. At night, "Arapov long row" unexpectedly enters her room. They carry on pillows a long beard that belonged to a hunchbacked dwarf. In fright, Lyudmila screamed and wanted to hit the dwarf, but he, trying to escape, got tangled in his own beard. The Arabs took him away.

Ruslan leaves for an open field, where a rider rushes at him with a spear. It was Rogdai. Ruslan defeats the rival, and Rogdai finds his death in the river.

Song Three

In the morning, a winged serpent flies to the dwarf Chernomor, which "suddenly turned around Naina". The woman invites the sorcerer to make an alliance, and he agrees.

Chernomor finds out that Lyudmila has disappeared - she was neither in the wards nor in the garden. The girl accidentally discovered the sorcerer's invisibility cap and now had fun hiding from the dwarf and his servants.

Ruslan leaves for the field of the old battle, littered with bones, where he picks up armor for himself, but does not find a worthy sword. Heading further, the prince notices a high hill, on which the huge head of a warrior in a helmet sleeps. Ruslan woke his head and she, angry, began to blow on the knight. A strong whirlwind carried Ruslan back, but he contrived and plunged a spear into the tongue of his head, and then overturned it. The prince wanted to "chop off her nose and ears", but the head asked not to do this, telling her story. It used to belong to a giant who was very envious of his dwarf brother Chernomor. Once Chernomor found out that there was a sword that would cut off the giant's head, and his beard (in which "the fatal force lurked"). The giant got hold of the blade, and while his brother slept, the dwarf cut off his head, placing it here to guard the sword. The head asks Ruslan to take the blade for himself and take revenge on Chernomor.

Canto Four

Ratmir leaves for the valley and sees a castle on the rocks in front of him. The knight notices a beautiful maiden walking along the wall and singing a song. The young khan knocks at the castle and is met by the red maidens. Ratmir remains in the castle.

Lyudmila, all this time, wandered through the possessions of the sorcerer, yearning for her lover. "Brutal passion wounded" Chernomor decides to catch Lyudmila, turning into a wounded Ruslan. The girl rushes to her lover, but discovering a substitute, she falls unconscious. Suddenly, a horn sounds.

Song Five

As it turned out, Ruslan called the sorcerer to the battle. In the midst of the battle, the knight grabs Chernomor by the beard and they rise into the sky. Ruslan did not let out the sorcerer's beard for three days, and he, tired, descended to the ground. Immediately the knight drew his sword and cut off the beard of the sorcerer, after which he lost his magical powers.

Ruslan returns to the possessions of Chernomor, but cannot find Lyudmila. Grieving, the knight begins to destroy everything around with his sword and with an accidental blow knocks the invisibility cap off the princess. Ruslan falls at the girl's feet, but she is bewitched and asleep.

Suddenly, a virtuous Finn appears nearby. He advises taking Lyudmila to Kyiv, where the princess will wake up. The Knight does just that.

On the way back, Ruslan tells the giant's head that he has avenged himself, and she dies calmly. By a quiet river, the knight meets a fisherman with a sweet maiden, whom he recognizes as Ratmir. Former rivals wish each other happiness.

Naina comes to Farlaf. The sorceress takes the knight to Ruslan, who is sleeping at the feet of Lyudmila. Farlaf "thrice cold steel plunges" into the opponent's chest and kidnaps the princess.

Song Six

Farlaf arrives in Kyiv, but Lyudmila continues to sleep. Soon the Pecheneg uprising begins. At this time, Finn comes to the murdered Ruslan with dead and living water and revives the knight. The wizard sends the prince to protect Kyiv and gives him a ring that will help to disenchant Lyudmila.

Ruslan leads the army and defeats the Pechenegs. After the victory, the prince entered the chambers, touched Lyudmila's forehead with a ring, and the girl woke up. Ruslan and Lyudmila forgave Farlaf, and the dwarf was accepted into the palace.

Conclusion

In the poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila" Pushkin reveals eternal conflict- confrontation between good and evil. All the heroes of the work are ambiguous - they have both positive and negative sides, but they themselves choose which path to take. At the end of the poem, the author, following the traditional fairy tale, shows that good always triumphs over evil.

A brief retelling of "Ruslan and Lyudmila" will help you get acquainted with the plot of the work, as well as prepare for the lesson of Russian literature.

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Poetic fairy-tale work of the outstanding Russian classic of Russian literature Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, the poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila", was written in the period from 1818 to 1820. The author, impressed by the beauty, diversity and originality of Russian folklore (epics, legends, fairy tales and popular tales), creates a unique poetic work that has become a classic of world and Russian literature, distinguished by a grotesque, fantastic plot, the use of colloquial vocabulary and the presence of a certain amount of authorial irony.

According to some literary critics, the poem was created as a parody of chivalric novels and poetic ballads in the romantic style of Zhukovsky, who was fashionable at that time (the basis was his popular ballad "The Twelve Maidens"), who, after the publication of the poem, presented Pushkin with his portrait with words of gratitude from a defeated teacher for a winning student.

History of creation

(The first edition of "Ruslan and Lyudmila" by A.S. Pushkin, St. Petersburg. Printing house of N. Grech, 142 p., 1820)

According to some reports, Pushkin conceived the idea of ​​writing this fairy tale poetry with a "heroic spirit" during his lyceum education. But he began to work on it much later, already in 1818-1820. The poetic poem was created under the influence of not only exclusively Russian folklore, here the motives of the works of Voltaire and Ariosto are still clearly felt. The names for some of the characters (Ratmir, Farlaf, Ragdai) appeared after Pushkin read the History of the Russian State.

Analysis of the work

(Near Lukomorye there is a green oak Golden chain on an oak tom.., Chromo-lithography by A.A. Abramov. Moscow, 1890)

In this poetic work, the author skillfully combined antiquity, moments of Russian history and the time in which the poet lived. For example, his image of Ruslan is akin to the image of the legendary Russian heroes, he is just as brave and courageous, but Lyudmila, thanks to her some carelessness, coquettishness and frivolity, on the contrary, is closer to the young ladies of the Pushkin era. The most important thing for the poet was to show in the work the triumph of good over evil, the victory of a bright beginning over dark, gloomy forces.

After the poem appeared in print in 1820, it almost immediately brought the poet well-deserved fame. Distinguished by lightness, irony, sublimity, grace and freshness, it was a deeply original work in which various genres, traditions and styles were talentedly mixed, immediately captivating the minds and hearts of readers of that time. Some critics condemned the use of deliberately folk phrases in the poem; not everyone understood the author's unusual technique and his unusual position as a narrator.

Story line

The poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila" is divided into six parts (songs), it begins with lines where the author talks about who this work is dedicated to, and it is intended for beautiful girls, for the sake of which this fairy tale was written. Then comes the well-known description of the magical country Lukomorye, the green oak growing there and the mythical creatures living there.

First song begins with a story about a feast in the palace of the Kyiv prince Vladimir the Red Sun, dedicated to the wedding of his daughter, the beautiful Lyudmila, and the brave young hero Ruslan. There is also the legendary epic singer and storyteller Bayan, as well as Ruslan's three rivals Ratmir, Ragdai and Farlaf, who are also in love with Lyudmila, they are evil of the newly-born groom, full of envy and hatred for him. Here misfortune happens: the evil sorcerer and dwarf Chernomor kidnaps the bride and takes her to his enchanted castle. Ruslan and three rivals move out of Kyiv in search of her, in the hope that whoever finds the prince's daughter will receive her hand and heart. On the way, Ruslan meets the elder Finn, who tells him the story of his unhappy love for the girl Naina and shows him the way to the terrible sorcerer Chernomor.

Second part (song) tells about the adventures of Ruslan's rivals, about his clash and victory over Ragday, who attacked him, and also describes the details of Lyudmila's stay in Chernomor's castle, her acquaintance with him (Chernomor comes to her room, Lyudmila gets scared, squeals, grabs him by the cap and he flees in terror).

In the third song a meeting of old friends is described: the wizard Chernomor and his friend the sorceress Naina, who comes to him and warns him that the heroes are coming to him for Lyudmila. Lyudmila finds a magic hat that makes her invisible and hides all over the palace from an old and nasty sorcerer. Ruslan meets the giant head of the hero, defeats it and takes possession of the sword that can kill Chernomor.

In the fourth song Radmir refuses to search for Lyudmila and stays in the castle with young charmers, and only one faithful warrior Ruslan stubbornly continues his journey, which becomes more and more dangerous, on the way he meets with a witch, a giant and other enemies, they try to stop him, but he firmly goes to its purpose. Chernomor fraudulently catches Lyudmila, dressed in an invisibility cap, in magic nets and she falls asleep in them.

Fifth song tells about the arrival of Ruslan in the halls of the wizard, and about the heavy battle between the hero and the villain-dwarf, who wears Ruslan on his beard for three days and three nights, and, in the end, surrenders. Ruslan captivates him, cuts off his magic beard, throws the sorcerer into a sack and goes to look for his bride, whom the vile dwarf hid well, putting on an invisibility cap. Finally, he finds her, but cannot wake her up, and in such a sleepy state he decides to take her to Kyiv. On the night road, Farlaf surreptitiously attacks him, seriously injures him and takes Lyudmila away.

In the sixth song Farlaf brings the girl to his father and tells everyone that he found her, but he still cannot wake her up. Elder Finn saves and revives Ruslan with living water, he hurries to Kyiv, which was just attacked by the Pechenegs, bravely fights with them, removes witchcraft from Lyudmila and she wakes up. The main characters are happy, a feast is arranged for the whole world, the dwarf Chernomor, who has lost his magical power, is left in the palace, in general, good will dine evil and justice will triumph.

The poem ends with a lengthy epilogue, in which Pushkin tells readers that with his work he glorified the traditions of ancient times, says that in the process of work he forgot about all insults and forgave his enemies, in which friendship helped him a lot, which is of great importance for the author .

Main characters

The hero Ruslan, the groom of the prince's daughter Lyudmila, is the central character of Pushkin's poem. The description of the trials that fell to his lot, withstood with honor and great courage in the name of saving his beloved, forms the basis of the entire storyline. The author, inspired by the exploits of Russian epic heroes, depicts Ruslan not only as the savior of his beloved, but also as a protector native land from nomad raids.

Ruslan's appearance, described with special care, should fully, according to the author's intention, convey his conformity to the heroic image: he has blond hair, symbolizing the purity of his plans and the nobility of the soul, his armor is always clean and shiny, as befits a knight in brilliant armor, always ready for battle. At the feast, Ruslan is completely absorbed in thoughts about his future marriage and ardent love for his bride, which does not allow him to notice the envious and evil looks of his rivals. Against their background, he compares favorably with purity and directness of thoughts, sincerity and sensuality. Also, the main character traits emerge during his journey to the Chornomor castle, he manifests himself as an honest, decent and generous person, a brave and courageous warrior, purposefully and stubbornly moving towards his goal, a faithful and devoted lover, ready to even die for his love.

In the image of Lyudmila Pushkin, he showed a portrait of the ideal bride and lover, who faithfully and faithfully waits for her fiance and misses him immensely. The prince's daughter is depicted as a thin, vulnerable nature, possessing special tenderness, sensitivity, elegance and modesty. At the same time, this does not prevent her from having a firm and rebellious character, which helps her resist the evil sorcerer Chernomor, gives her strength and courage and does not obey the vile kidnapper and faithfully wait for her deliverer Ruslan.

Quotes

Find out, Ruslan: your offender

Wizard terrible Chernomor,

Beauties old thief,

Midnight owner of the mountains.

Things of bygone days

legends of antiquity deep ..

There, King Kashchei languishes over gold;

There is a Russian spirit ... there it smells of Russia! author A.S. Pushkin

Features of compositional construction

The genre of the poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila" refers to novels and poems of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, gravitating towards creativity in the "national" spirit. It also reflects the influence on the author of such trends in literature as classicism, sementalism, and chivalric romance.

Following the example of all magical knightly poems, this work has a plot built according to a certain pattern: hero knights are looking for their beloved, kidnapped by some mythical villain, overcome a series of trials for this, armed with certain talismans and magical weapons, and in the end they receive a hand and beauty heart. The poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila" is built in the same vein, but it is distinguished by amazing grace, freshness, subtle wit, brightness of colors and a slight train of epicureanism, characteristic of many works written by Pushkin during his studies at the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. It is the author's ironic attitude to the content of the poem that cannot give this work a real "national" color. The main advantages of the poem can be called its light and beautiful form, playfulness and witty style, perkyness and cheerfulness of the general mood, a bright thread running through all the content.

Pushkin's fairy tale poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila", cheerful, light and witty, became a new word in the established literary traditions of writing heroic ballads and poems, it was very popular among readers and caused a great resonance among literary critics. No wonder Zhukovsky himself admitted his complete failure, and gave the branch of championship to the young talent of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, who, thanks to this work, took a leading position in the ranks of Russian poets and became famous not only in Russia, but also far beyond its borders.

Quickly get acquainted with the content of any literary work helps summary. "Ruslan and Lyudmila" - a poem by A.S. Pushkin. The retelling will help the reader understand the meaning of the work, introduce the plot, the main characters, and, perhaps, arouse interest in a detailed study of the original.

History of creation

They say that Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin was thinking about writing such a work while still studying at the Lyceum. But he began to work on it thoroughly later - in 1818-1820. Pushkin wanted to create fairy-tale poetry, in which there would be a "heroic spirit".

The poetic work was born simultaneously under the influence of Russian literary tales and the works of Voltaire, Ariosto. Names to some actors were awarded after the release of the History of the Russian State. It was there that Ratmir, Ragdai, Farlaf were. A short summary will introduce you to them very soon.

"Ruslan and Lyudmila" also has elements of parody, because Alexander Sergeevich sometimes liked to flash with well-aimed epigrams, to include humorous elements in his poetic creations. Critics have noticed that Pushkin kindly parodies some episodes of Zhukovsky's ballad "The Twelve Sleeping Maidens". But in the 30s, the poet even regretted that he did this for the “pleasure of the mob”, because he was good to Zhukovsky, who presented him with his portrait after the release of the poem and wrote that it was the defeated teacher who gave it to the winner-student.

dedication

Many fairy tales by A.S. are loved by the people. Pushkin, "Ruslan and Lyudmila" is no exception. Not everyone knows that the poem begins with lines in which the author says that he dedicates it to beautiful girls. Then there are lines known to many about the seaside, the green oak, the learned cat, and the mermaid. After that, the work itself begins.

First song

A summary introduces the reader to the first chapter. Ruslan and Lyudmila loved each other. The girl was the daughter of the Kyiv prince Vladimir. This is told in the first song, this is how A. S. Pushkin called 6 chapters. The latter, respectively, is called "Sixth Song".

The author, using the beauty of the word, talks about a merry celebration on the occasion of the wedding of two people in love. Only three guests were not happy at this feast - Ratmir, Farlaf and Rogday. They are Ruslan's rivals, as they were also in love with a beautiful girl.

And now it's time for the newlyweds to be alone. But suddenly thunder was heard, the lamp went out, everything around trembled, and Lyudmila disappeared.

Ruslan is sad. And Vladimir ordered to find his daughter and promised to give her as a wife to the one who would bring the girl. Of course, Ruslan's three enemies could not miss such an opportunity and rushed in search, like the newly-born groom himself.

One day he meets an old man in a cave. He told him the story of his love, that in his youth he was ready to move mountains for a certain Naina, but she kept rejecting the young man. Then he left and for 40 years studied spells aimed at making a girl fall in love with him. When the elder returned, instead of a virgin, he saw a disgusting old woman, into which Naina had turned over the years. And she finally kindled feelings for him. However, old Finn fled from her, and has since lived in seclusion in a cave. He said that Lyudmila was kidnapped by the terrible wizard Chernomor.

Canto two

The summary of Pushkin's poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila" came to the second chapter. From it, the reader will learn that Rogdai was belligerent, he rode, sending curses to Ruslan. Suddenly the man saw the rider and chased after him. He, barely alive from fear, tried to gallop away, but his horse stumbled and the rider flew into the ditch. Rogdai saw that it was not Ruslan, but Farlaf, and rode away.

An old woman approached Farlaf (it was Naina), brought a horse and advised him to go back and live on his estate near Kiev, because while Lyudmila is still difficult to find, and then she will not go anywhere from Naina and Farlaf. He listened to the old woman and galloped back.

Further, a summary of the book "Ruslan and Lyudmila" will tell the reader where the girl was languishing at that time. Its location was the palace of the villain Chernomor. She woke up in bed. Silently, three servant girls came, dressed, combed the beauty.

Lyudmila went to the window with anguish, looked at it, then left the palace and saw magic garden, which was more beautiful than the "gardens of Armida." There were picturesque gazebos, waterfalls. After lunch in nature, the girl returned back and saw servants entering the room and carrying Chernomor's beard on pillows, followed by him himself - a hunchback and a dwarf.

The girl was not at a loss, grabbed the “carla by the cap”, raised her fist over him, and then squealed so much that everyone ran away in horror.

Meanwhile, Ruslan fought with Rogday, who attacked him, and defeated the bully, throwing him into the waves of the Dnieper. This continues the poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila".

To the retreating Chernomor, the servants combed his beard. Suddenly, a winged serpent flew through the window and turned into Naina. The old woman said that the sorcerer was in danger - the heroes were looking for Lyudmila. She spoke flatteringly about Chernomor and confirmed that she was completely on his side.

To celebrate, the evil wizard again entered the girl's chambers, but did not see her there. The search for servants was also unsuccessful. It turns out that Lyudmila understood what properties a hat has. If you put it on backwards, the person will become invisible, which the beauty did. These are the magical accessories used by Pushkin in his poem Ruslan and Lyudmila. A very brief summary quickly transports the reader to the next scene.

At this time, the young husband was on the battlefield, saw many dead soldiers. He picked up a shield, a helmet, a horn, but could not find a good sword. Not far from the field, he saw a large hill, it turned out to be a real head. She told the traveler that she had once been on the shoulders of a hero - the brother of Chernomor. But the latter envied the tall and stately brother. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the dwarf cut off his head and ordered the head to guard the sword, which, according to legend, could cut off the magic beard of the sorcerer.

Canto Four

So quickly came to the fourth chapter brief retelling content "Ruslan and Lyudmila". Pushkin Alexander Sergeevich first reflects on how wonderful it is that in real life there are not so many wizards. Further, he says that Ratmir, in search of Lyudmila, came across the castle. There he was met by charmers who fed the knight, surrounded him with attention, tenderness, care, and the young hero abandoned his previous plans to find Vladimir's daughter. On this, for now, the author leaves the happy young man and says that only Ruslan continues the path he has chosen. On the way, he meets a giant, a hero, a witch, defeats them, does not go to the mermaids who beckon the young man.

Meanwhile, Lyudmila is wandering around in the halls of the sorcerer wearing an invisibility cap, but he cannot find her. Then the villain used a trick. He turned into a wounded Ruslan, the girl thought that it was her lover, rushed to him, the hat fell off. At that moment, nets were thrown over Lyudmila, and she fell asleep, unable to resist the witchcraft of Chernomor.

Song Five

Soon Ruslan arrives at the villain's abode. He blows his horn to challenge him to a duel. When the young man raised his head, he saw that Chernomor was flying above him, holding a mace in his hand. When the sorcerer swung, Ruslan quickly recoiled, and the hunchback fell into the snow. The nimble young man immediately jumped up to the offender and firmly grabbed him by the beard.

But Chernomor suddenly soared under the clouds. However, the young man did not let out his beard, so he also ended up in the sky. So they flew for a long time - over fields, mountains, forests. The sorcerer asked to be released, but Ruslan did not do this. On the third day, Chernomor resigned himself and carried her husband to his young wife. When they landed, the young man cut off the villain's beard with a magic sword, tied it on his helmet, and put the dwarf in a bag and attached it to the saddle.

The knight went to look for his beloved, but he could not find it in any way. Then he began to destroy everything in his path and accidentally took off his hat from the girl. This sorcerer specially put a headdress on her so that the husband would not find his wife.

This is how Ruslan and Lyudmila finally met. The shortened poem is coming to an end soon. No matter how hard he tried, the betrothed could not awaken the girl from a magical dream. He put it on his horse and galloped home.

Then Ruslan meets a fisherman and recognizes Ratmir in him, who chose one of all the charmers, and now lives happily with her in a house on the river bank.

When Ruslan stopped for the night, he was seriously wounded. Farlaf crept up to him, hit him 3 times with a sword, took Lyudmila and was like that.

Sixth song

Farlaf brought Lyudmila to the palace and deceived Vladimir, saying that he had saved the girl. However, no one could wake her up.

Old Finn sprinkled Ruslan with living water, he instantly recovered and hurried to Kyiv, which was attacked by the Pechenegs. The hero fought bravely, thanks to which the enemy was defeated. After that, he touched Lyudmila's hands with the ring that Finn gave him, and the girl woke up.

The summary is coming to an end. Ruslan and Lyudmila are happy, everything ends with a feast, Chernomor was left in the palace, since he lost his villainous power forever.

Epilogue

The story ends with an epilogue, in which the author says that in his work he glorified the legends of ancient times. He shares his impressions of the Caucasus, describes the natural scenery of this side and is sad that he is far from the Neva.

The poet says that when he worked on a work, he forgot insults, enemies. Friendship helped him in this, and, as you know, Pushkin cherished it very much.

Pushkin A.S. "Ruslan and Ludmila"

Genre: fairy tale

The main characters of the fairy tale "Ruslan and Lyudmila" and their characteristics

1. Ruslan, a true friend and a good hero. Bold, powerful, direct, courageous, never backs down from his goal.
2. Lyudmila is beautiful and kind. A cheerful prankster who figured out how to annoy Chernomor.
3. Rogdai, a brave and strong warrior, betrays Ruslan
4. Ratmir, a young khan, hot and brave. Falls in love with the beauty in the castle and stays with her.
5. Farlaf, the boastful coward.
6. Vladimir, the prince, tries to be fair
7. Chernomor, the treacherous and soulless dwarf who killed his own brother
8. Finn, a powerful wizard who lost his love and track of time while practicing witchcraft
9. Naina, once a beauty, and now a feisty old woman, a sorceress
10. Head, elder brother of Chernomor, once a mighty warrior, betrayed by his brother.

Plan for retelling the tale "Ruslan and Lyudmila"

1. wedding feast
2. The kidnapping of Lyudmila
3. Rivals go looking for
4. Ruslan finds Finn
5. Finn's history
6. Fight with Ratmir
7. Ludmila and Chernomor
8. Invisible hat
9. Death of Ratmir
10. Rothgay's Choice
11. Head
12. magic sword
13. Lyudmila is immersed in sleep
14. Fight with Chernomor
15. Return
16. Farlaf's betrayal
17. resurrection
18. Fight with the Pechenegs
19. Awakening Ludmila
20. Wedding feast.

The shortest content of the fairy tale "Ruslan and Lyudmila" for reader's diary in 6 sentences

1. Lyudmila disappears right from the marriage bed, and four rivals go in search of her.
2. Finn tells Ruslan where to look for Lyudmila, Ruslan kills Rothgay and fights with his head.
3. Lyudmila wakes up in Chernomor's palace, finds an invisibility cap and hides from the servants and Chernomor.
4. Ruslan fights in the sky with Chernomor, wins and cuts off his beard.
5. Ruslan returns with a sleeping Lyudmila, sees a happy Ratmir with a girl, Farlaf kills him in a dream.
6. Finn revives Ruslan, he defeats the Pechenegs, wakes up Lyudmila and a feast is played.

The main idea of ​​the fairy tale "Ruslan and Lyudmila"
Loyalty and perseverance will certainly lead to the achievement of the desired goal, and love knows no barriers.

What does the fairy tale "Ruslan and Lyudmila" teach
The tale teaches that good will always be stronger than evil, and betrayal will always be punished. That you should always strive for your goal, not give up in the face of difficulties, live according to your conscience. The tale also teaches that love is unpredictable, and the revenge of a deceived woman can be terrible.

Review of the fairy tale "Ruslan and Lyudmila"
This, of course, is just a magnificent poem, in which there are many adventures, several storylines The characters have completely different personalities. It was very interesting to follow the adventures of Ruslan and Lyudmila. I liked this poem very much.

Proverbs to the fairy tale "Ruslan and Lyudmila"
Love conquers all
For a lover, even a hundred miles is not a distance.
Whoever looks at something, he reaches for that.

Summary, a brief retelling of the tale "Ruslan and Lyudmila" by song
Song One
The introduction tells about the wonders of Lukomorye, describes a fairy-tale cat on a golden chain, and other fairy-tale heroes are mentioned.
Prince Vladimir marries his daughter Lyudmila for the hero Ruslan. Big celebration with singers. Ruslan's three opponents sit sad - they are Rogdai, Farlaf and Ratmir.
The feast ends, the young go to their chambers and thunder rumbles. Ruslan discovers the loss of Lyudmila.
The prince in grief throws a cry, who will return Lyudmila, and Ruslan, and with him his rivals, set off. Farlaf boasts, Rogdai is sullen and looks angrily at Ruslan, Ratmir is hot.
Rivals disperse in different directions and Ruslan finds a cave. In the cave, the gray-haired old man greets Ruslan and names the kidnapper Lyudmila - the magician of Chernomor. The elder consoles Ruslan, saying that the love of Chernomor is not terrible for Lyudmila and Ruslan lies down to rest.
The old man tells his story. Being young, he fell in love with the beautiful Naina, but she rejected the young Finn. Finn goes across the sea and in battles he gets treasures that he throws at the feet of Naina. But the beauty still does not like the Finn. Then the Finn resorts to witchcraft. He looks for spells and finds them. An old woman Naina appears before him. Turns out it's been 40 years. Naina admits that she is a sorceress and offers her embrace to the old man. But he escapes and has been living in a cave ever since.
Song two.
Rogdai decides to return and kill Ruslan. Farlaf runs away from Rogdai and falls off his horse. Rogdai leaves him and meets an old woman who points Rogdai to the north.
The old woman raises Farlaf and sends him to Kyiv.
Rogdai catches up with Ruslan.
At this time, Lyudmila comes to her senses in a rich bed. Miraculous maidens serve her and dress her. Lyudmila remains inconsolable, despite all the beauty of the palace, despite the luxurious garden. She even thinks about suicide.
Lyudmila lies down on the bed and suddenly a row of black-haired men enter, bearing a beard. Behind them is a hunchbacked dwarf. Lyudmila squeals, grabs the dwarf by the beard and knocks him over. Araps carry away the sorcerer.
Ruslan fights with Rogdai and kills the hope of the people of Kiev.
Song three.
Naina comes to Chernomor, promises death to Ruslan and flies away.
Chernomor goes to Lyudmila, but does not find the beauty and calls the servants. Lyudmila, on the other hand, finds an invisibility cap and becomes invisible.
Ruslan makes his way through a valley full of bones and weapons. Ruslan chooses a shield, a sword, chain mail. Ruslan rides on and sees a hill crowned with a living head. Ruslan swears with his head and she starts to blow. Ruslana throws it away, and the head laughs.
Then Ruslan throws a spear and it pierces the tongue of the head. Ruslan runs up to the head and throws it down the hill with a blow. A beautiful sword is found under the head.
Ruslan wants to kill his head, but he hears a plaintive moan.
The head tells that Chernomor was her younger brother and once advised her to get a magic sword. The head took out a sword, but quarreled with Chernomor for the right to own it. But Chernomor deceived his brother and cut off his head, and then by witchcraft forced her to guard the sword. The head calls on Ruslan to take revenge on Chernomor.
Song four.
Ratmir drives up to the castle. He is beckoned by the voice of a magical maiden. He enters the castle, they take him to the bathhouse, he forgets about Lyudmila. He stays with the young girl.
Ruslan continues his journey to the north and winter is approaching.
Lyudmila wanders invisibly through the castle of Chernomor and teases the servants.
Chernomor turns into Ruslan and deceives Lyudmila. Lyudmila gets caught in the net and the dwarf begins to caress her. But then he hears the call and runs away.
Song five.
Ruslan gets to the castle of Chernomor and challenges him to a fight. The dwarf flies around Ruslan and beats him. Ruslan recoils and the dwarf falls into the snow. Ruslan grabs him by the beard. Chernomor lifts Ruslan into the sky, but Ruslan holds him tightly by the beard. Chernomor seduces Ruslan to abandon Lyudmila, but he does not listen to him.
For three days Chernomor wore Ruslan, but at the end he begged for mercy. He takes Ruslan to his palace and Ruslan cuts off his beard. Ruslan is looking for Lyudmila, but does not find her anywhere in the castle. He rushes around the rooms and accidentally knocks the hat off the head of the invisible Lyudmila. Ruslan hugs the sleeping Lyudmila.
The Finn's voice advises him to hurry to Kyiv.
Ruslan with Lyudmila and Chernomor embarks on the return journey. He reaches the Head and shows that Chernomor. The head dies and finds peace.
Ruslan meets Ratmir, who has become a fisherman. They hug and Ratmir says that he is happy with his beauty, and threw the sword.
Naina comes to Farlaf and leads him to Ruslan. While Ruslan is sleeping, Farlaf pierces him three times with a sword, takes Lyudmila and rides to Kyiv.
Song six.
Ruslan lies dead in the forest and the horse roams around him. Chernomor imagines that he is free.
Farlaf brings the sleeping Lyudmila to Kyiv and tells the prince that he recaptured her from the goblin in the Murom forests. But nothing can disturb Lyudmila's sleep. The city is sad. The Pechenegs arrived.
Finn finds Ruslan, sprinkles living and dead water on him and Ruslan comes to life.
Kyiv is under siege by the Pechenegs and Russian knights are dying in an unequal battle. But then Ruslan appears and smashes the Pechenegs. The city rejoices. Farlaf, seeing Ruslan, falls to his knees. Ruslan touches Lyudmila's face with his hand and the girl wakes up.
Farlaf confesses to his crime, but to celebrate he is forgiven. Chernomor, deprived of strength, is taken to the palace, A feast is played.

Drawings and illustrations for the fairy tale "Ruslan and Lyudmila"

Sovereign Vladimir arranges a feast with his sons and close friends, as they have a great holiday - the wedding of Lyudochka's daughter. Everyone rejoices at the wedding, except for the three knights. Since all three would like to be in the place of Ruslan's fiancé.

The holiday ends. The sovereign gives the newlyweds a blessing and they are taken to their chambers. Out of nowhere, the wind picks up, thunder rumbles, and a voice comes through the gloom. After Ruslan comes to his senses, he discovers the absence of his young wife.

When the father finds out that his daughter is missing, he sends knights to search for her, and to the one who finds her, he promises her hand and heart, and half the kingdom as a gift. The Knights are leaving.

Ratmir, one of the knights, is already looking forward to the embrace of the rescued. Farlaf dreams of great deeds. Rogdai, as always very quiet. The Knights arrive at the crossroads, and each decides to go his own way. Ruslan went separately, in front of him he notices a cave in which he finds an old man. The old man says that he has been waiting for him for a long time. He informs the groom that he will be able to save the bride, and reports that she was kidnapped by Chernomor. But before being rescued, he will have to go through quite a few difficulties, it is necessary to find where Chernomor lives and kill him.

The old man tells the story of Ruslan's life at Ruslan's request. Once he worked as a shepherd in the most beautiful fields of Finland. He was inexperienced in love. By unfortunate chance, he fell in love with Naina. This girl didn't love him back. After the refusal, he could not find solace for himself for a long time and left his native places. Gathering a squad, he went to seek adventure on naval battles. He failed to forget the insidious Naina, and he began to dream of coming home. After 10 years, having accumulated a sufficient amount of wealth, he dared to again ask for the hand of this woman, but this time he was refused. Leaving no hope, he learned witchcraft, but here he failed, as Naina appeared before him in an aged form. He did not even notice that while he was studying with the wise sorcerers, forty years had passed, and his beloved had turned seventy. The spell worked, but he didn't need her so old anymore. He found out that she was also a witch, and dumbfounded by this news, he ran away wherever his eyes looked, and after he heard the curses of his former lover.

That's how he ended up in this remote place where he lives all alone. The stories continued until morning. Ruslan gathered his things and inspired went on a journey for his beloved.

Meanwhile, Rogdai is plotting to leave Ruslan and free Lyudmila's heart. Turning his stallion around, he gallops to meet Ruslan.

Farlaf had a hard morning. He woke up and tried to have breakfast in the silence of the forest. But, before he had finished his breakfast, he noticed how a rider was rushing at him. Dropping everything, he ran away. Rushing on his heels, the horseman threatened to cut off his head. Rogdai was chasing him, who thought he had caught Ruslan, but, realizing that this was not his main opponent, he leaves.

Rogdai meets a decrepit old woman who shows him the way to his enemy. And the old woman helps Farlaf to get up and sends him home, since he has nothing to do on such a terrible path and the fact that the beautiful Lyudmila will still become his wife. He does everything as the old woman said.

Ruslan, still inspired, was looking for his beloved, but in an instant he realized that he was ordered to stop and saw Rogdai, brandishing a spear at him.

At this time, the stolen Lyudmila wakes up in the monastery of Chernomor, in a beautiful room on a charming bed. The maids approach her to help her change and braid her hair. And someone's beautiful voice sang charming songs to her. But Lyudmila did not feel any better from this, she went to the window and saw that she was very high, and only the tops of the snowy mountains were visible to her. She went out into the yard and found herself in front of a beautiful garden. In her sadness, she sits down on the ground to cry, but a set table appears in front of her, and a beautiful melody is in the air.

Lyudmila, without noticing it herself, gorges herself. Getting up from the ground, she noticed that the treats were gone. She was tired and something weightless carried her to her chambers. Lyudmila senses danger. And, suddenly, the Arabs appear in front of her, carrying in their hands someone's gray beard. At the end, she notices an old man. She screams and the dwarf is frightened, entangled in his own beard, and the servants immediately carry him away.

Ruslan fights with Rogdai not for life, but for death. Ruslan wins, and the enemy finds his death in the river.

In the monastery of Chernomor, servants comb their beards, a snake appears on the threshold, which in the blink of an eye turns into Naina. She warns Chernomor, but he is confident in his strength as long as his beard is in place. The snake flies away, and the bearded old man goes in search of Lyudmila in his possessions, but does not find her anymore. She did not disappear anywhere, she simply hid under the invisibility cap, which fell off at the fright of Chernomor.

Ruslan enters the battlefield, where swords and shields are scattered next to the bones former soldiers. He finds equipment for himself and continues on his way. He sees a hill in the distance. But, as it turns out a little later, this is not a hill, but a huge head of a warrior in a helmet. Ruslan woke up his head, and she, laughing, blew him into the field.

Ruslan throws down his weapon and pierces the warrior's tongue.

The head lost control, and Ruslan hit it with all his might. The warrior's head rolled to the side, and in its place Ruslan found a helmet.

He really wanted to finish off the head, but spared her and went on. The head told the story. For a long time she walked like a giant warrior, but she had an evil dwarf brother. The brother shared a secret that they could be killed with the help of a special sword, but as soon as they found it, a negligent relative cut off his head. Chernomor put his head here to guard the sword.

The third knight, Khan Ratmir, saw a castle along the way, on the wall of which stood a beautiful maiden. As soon as he came closer, a huge crowd of no less beautiful girls greeted him luxuriously.

Ruslan spends the whole night with his head.

Ludmila spends her time teasing the slaves. Chernomor is not stupid, he takes the form of a wounded lover and catches a negligent captive. The call of the horn is heard and Chernomor leaves Lyudmila alone.

They fought for two days and two nights, Chernomor weakened and asked for mercy. Having descended, Ruslan cuts off his beard and goes towards the invisible bride. Accidentally touches the invisibility cap from Lyudmila's head and the lover hugs the bride. The old man from the cave explains that she will wake up in Kyiv in her native land.

On the way back, Ruslan meets Ratmir, who also found his happiness with a beautiful maiden. And wishing each other happiness, the former enemies disperse.

Naina teaches Farlaf how to kill Ruslan. Farlaf kills the sleeping Ruslan and leaves with Lyudmila. The people of Kiev meet a new misfortune - there are crowds of Pechenegs around the city. The old man from the cave revives Ruslan with living and dead water, he also gives Ruslan a ring that will help remove the spell from his beloved.

Ruslan immediately leaves for Kyiv. Enemies lean on the walls of the city, but there is no winner in this war. In the morning, a horseman comes out of the crowd of Pechenegs. Ruslan defeats all Russian enemies, leaving the dead villains at the walls of the city.

Arriving at the place, he is looking for his beloved in the tower in order to awaken her, but he meets Vladimir and Farlaf on the way. Farlav begins to repent that he killed Ruslan and took Lyudmila. Ruslan, blinded by the desire to see his beauty again, runs to Lyudmila and puts on a ring. Lyudmila wakes up.