A short summary helps to quickly familiarize yourself with the content of any literary work. "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 a 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 and Ariosto. Some of the characters were named after the publication 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 show off with apt epigrams, to include humorous elements in his poetic creations. Critics noticed that Pushkin kindly parodies some episodes of Zhukovsky's ballad "Twelve Sleeping Maidens". But in the 30s, the poet even regretted that he did this to "please the rabble", because he treated Zhukovsky well, who presented him with his portrait after the poem was published and wrote that it was the defeated teacher who presented it to the winner-student.

Dedication

The people love many tales of A.S. Pushkin, Ruslan and Lyudmila is no exception. Not everyone knows that the poem begins with lines in which the author says that he devotes it to beauties. Then there are lines known to many about the curvature, the green oak, the learned cat, the mermaid. After that, the work itself begins.

First song

The first chapter is introduced to the reader by a summary. Ruslan and Lyudmila loved each other. The girl was the daughter of the Kiev prince Vladimir. This is described in the first song, this is how A.S. Pushkin called the 6 chapters. The latter, accordingly, is called "The Sixth Song."

The author, using the beauty of the word, tells 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 Rogdai. They are Ruslan's rivals, as they were also in love with a beautiful girl.

And now the time has come for the newlyweds to remain alone. But suddenly thunder was heard, the lamp went out, everything around was trembling, and Lyudmila disappeared.

Ruslan is saddened. 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-minted 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 rejected everything the young man. Then he left and for 40 years studied spells aimed at making the girl fall in love with him. When the elder returned, he saw instead of the maiden a disgusting old woman, whom Naina had become over the years. And she finally flushed with feelings for him. However, old man Finn fled from her, and has since lived in seclusion in a cave. He said that Lyudmila was kidnapped by the terrible wizard Chernomor.

Second song

The summary of Pushkin's poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila" came to the second chapter. From it, the reader learns that Rogdai was in a belligerent mood, he galloped, 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 came up to 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 brief summary of the book "Ruslan and Lyudmila" will tell the reader where the girl languished at that time. Its location was the palace of the villain Chernomor. She woke up on the bed. Silently, three maidservants came, dressed and combed the beauty.

Ludmila longingly walked to the window, looked at then left the palace and saw a magical garden, which was more beautiful than the "gardens of Armida". There were picturesque gazebos and waterfalls. After lunch in nature, the girl returned back and saw how servants entered the room and carried Chernomor's beard on pillows, followed by himself - a hunchback and a dwarf.

The girl was not taken aback, grabbed "Karla by the cap", raised her fist over him, and then screamed so that everyone ran away in horror.

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

The servants were combing the beard of the retreating Chernomor. 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 entered the girl's chambers again, but did not see her there. The search for the servants was also unsuccessful. It turns out that Lyudmila understood what properties the hat has. If you put it backwards, the person will become invisible, which the beauty did. These are the magical accessories that Pushkin used in his poem Ruslan and Lyudmila. A very short summary quickly takes the reader to the next scene.

At this time, the young husband found himself on the battlefield, saw many dead soldiers. He picked up a shield, helmet, 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 was once on the shoulders of a hero - the brother of Chernomor. But the latter was jealous of his tall and handsome brother. Taking the opportunity, the dwarf chopped off his head and commanded the head to guard the sword, which, according to legend, could cut off the magic beard of the sorcerer.

Song Four

This is how quickly a brief retelling of the content of Ruslan and Lyudmila came to the fourth chapter. Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin first reflects on how wonderful it is that there are not so many wizards in real life. Further, he says that Ratmir, in search of Lyudmila, came across the castle. There he was met by ladies who fed the knight, surrounded him with attention, tenderness, care, and the young hero abandoned his previous plans to find Vladimir's daughter. At 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 wanders in an invisible hat through the halls of the sorcerer, but he cannot find her. Then the villain used a trick. He turned into a wounded Ruslan, the girl thought it was her lover, rushed to him, the hat fell. At that moment, nets were thrown over Lyudmila, and she fell asleep, unable to resist the sorcery of Chernomor.

The fifth song

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

But Chernomor suddenly soared under the clouds. However, the young man did not let go of his beard, so he also ended up in the skies. So they flew for a long time - over fields, mountains, forests. The sorcerer asked to let him go, but Ruslan did not. On the third day, Chernomor resigned himself and carried his 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 sack and fitted it to the saddle.

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

This is how Ruslan and Lyudmila finally met. The shortened poem is approaching the imminent conclusion of the plot. No matter how hard he tried, the betrothed could not awaken the girl from a magical dream. He put her on his horse and rode home.

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

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

Sixth Canto

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

Old man Finn sprinkled Ruslan with living water, he instantly recovered and hurried to Kiev, 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 forever lost his villainous power.

Epilogue

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

The poet says that when he worked on the work, he forgot insults and enemies. In this he was helped by friendship, and, as you know, Pushkin treasured it very much.

Prince Vladimir the sun is feasting in the gridnitsa with his sons and a crowd of friends, celebrating the wedding of his youngest daughter Lyudmila with Prince Ruslan. In honor of the newlyweds, the guslar Bayan sings. Only three guests do not rejoice at the happiness of Ruslan and Lyudmila, three knights do not listen to the prophetic singer. These are three rivals of Ruslan: the knight Rogdai, the braggart Farlaf and the Khazar khan Ratmir.

The feast is over, and everyone leaves. The prince blesses the young, they are taken to the bedchamber, and the happy groom is already anticipating love delights. Suddenly thunder struck, a light flashed, everything grew dark, and in the ensuing silence a strange voice was heard and someone soared and disappeared into the darkness. Ruslan wakes up looking for Lyudmila, but she is not, she is "kidnapped by an unknown force."

Struck by the terrible news of the disappearance of his daughter, the Grand Duke, angry with Ruslan, appeals to the young knights with an appeal to go in search of Lyudmila and promises to the one who finds and returns his daughter to give her as a wife in reproach to Ruslan, and in addition - half the kingdom. Rogdai, Ratmir, Farlaf and Ruslan himself instantly volunteer to go in search of Lyudmila and saddle their horses, promising the prince not to prolong the separation. They leave the palace and gallop along the Dnieper banks, and the old prince looks after them for a long time and flies after them in thought.

The Knights are going together. Ruslan is languishing with longing, Farlaf boasts of his future exploits in the name of Lyudmila, Ratmir dreams of her embrace, Rogdai is gloomy and silent. The day is approaching evening, the riders drive up to the crossroads and decide to leave, each trusting his own fate. Ruslan, devoted to gloomy thoughts, drives at a pace and suddenly sees a cave in front of him, in which a fire glows. The knight enters the cave and sees in it an old man with a gray beard and a clear gaze, reading an ancient book in front of a lamp. The elder addresses Ruslan with a greeting and says that he has been waiting for him for a long time. He calms the young man, informing him that he will be able to regain Lyudmila, who was kidnapped by the terrible wizard Chernomor, a longtime kidnapper of beauties who lives in the northern mountains, where no one has yet been able to penetrate. But Ruslan is destined to find Chernomor's dwelling and defeat him in a battle. The elder says that Ruslan's future is in his own will. A delighted Ruslan falls at the old man's feet and kisses his hand, but suddenly a torsion appears on his face again. and therefore his senile love is not afraid of Lyudmila. The elder persuades Ruslan to go to bed, but Ruslan languishes in anguish and is unable to fall asleep. He asks the elder to tell who he is and how he got to this land. And the old man, with a sad smile, tells his wonderful story.

Born in the Finnish valleys, he was a peaceful and carefree shepherd in his homeland, but unfortunately he fell in love with the beautiful, but cruel and obstinate Naina. For six months he languished with love and finally opened up to Naina. But the proud beauty replied indifferently that she did not love the shepherd. Feeling disgust for his usual life and occupations, the young man decided to leave his native fields and go with a faithful squad on a brave voyage in search of battles in order to earn the love of proud Naina with abusive glory. He spent ten years in battles, but his heart, full of love for Naina, yearned to return. And so he returned to throw rich trophies at the feet of the haughty beauty in the hope of her love, but again the indifferent maiden refused the hero. But this test did not stop the lover. He decided to try his luck with the help of magical powers, having learned powerful wisdom from the sorcerers living in his land, whose will is subject to everything. Having decided to attract Naina's love with the help of witchcraft, he spent imperceptible years studying with sorcerers and finally comprehended the terrible secret of nature, learned the secret of spells. But evil fate pursued him. Summoned by his witchcraft, Naina appeared before him as a decrepit old woman, hunchbacked, gray-haired, with a shaking head. The horrified sorcerer learns from her that forty years have passed and today she turned seventy. To his horror, the sorcerer was convinced that his spells had worked and Naina loved him. With trepidation he listened to the love confessions of the ugly gray-haired old woman, and to top it off he learned that she had become a witch. The shocked Finn ran away, and after him were heard the curses of the old witch, reproaching him for being unfaithful to his feelings.

Fleeing from Naina, the Finn settled in this cave and lives in it in complete solitude. Finn predicts that Naina will hate Ruslan too, but he will be able to overcome this obstacle.

All night Ruslan listened to the old man's stories, and in the morning, with a soul full of hope, gratefully embracing him goodbye and encouraged by the blessing of the magician, he sets off in search of Lyudmila.

Meanwhile, Rogdai travels "between the forest deserts." He cherishes a terrible thought - to kill Ruslan and thereby free his way to Lyudmila's heart. He turns his horse resolutely and gallops back.

Farlaf, having slept all morning, dined in the silence of the forest by the stream. Suddenly he noticed that a horseman was rushing straight at him at full speed. Throwing away dinner, weapons, chain mail, the cowardly Farlaf jumps on his horse and runs away without looking back. The rider rushes after him and urges him to stop, threatening to "rip" his head off. Farlaf's horse jumps over the moat, and Farlaf himself falls into the mud. Rogdai, who flew up, is already ready to defeat the opponent, but sees that this is not Ruslan, and in annoyance and anger drives away.

Under the mountain, he meets a barely alive old woman, who points to the north with her stick and says that she will find the knight of her enemy there. Rogdai leaves, and the old woman approaches Farlaf, who is lying in the mud and shaking with fear, and advises him to return home, not to put himself in danger anymore, because Lyudmila will be his too. Having said this, the old woman disappeared, and Farlaf follows her advice.

Meanwhile, Ruslan strives for his beloved, wondering about her fate. Once in the evening he was passing over the river and heard the buzzing of arrows, the ringing of chain mail and the neighing of horses. Someone shouted at him to stop. Looking around, Ruslan saw a horseman rushing at him with a raised spear. Ruslan recognized him and shuddered with anger ...

At the same time Lyudmila, carried away from the wedding bed by the gloomy Chernomor, woke up in the morning, seized with vague horror. She was lying in a luxurious bed under a canopy, everything was like in the fairy tales of Shehe-rezada. Beautiful virgins in light clothes approached her and bowed. One skillfully braided her braid and adorned it with a pearl crown, the other put on an azure sundress and put on her shoes, the third gave her a pearl belt. The invisible singer sang funny songs all this time. But all this did not amuse Lyudmila's soul. Left alone, Lyudmila approaches the window and sees only snowy plains and the tops of gloomy mountains, everything is empty and dead around, only a whirlwind rushes with a sad whistle, shaking the forest visible on the horizon. In despair, Lyudmila runs to the door, which opens itself in front of her, and Lyudmila goes out into an amazing garden, in which palm trees, laurels, cedars, oranges grow, reflected in the mirror of the lakes. Around the spring fragrance and the voice of a Chinese nightingale is heard. There are fountains in the garden and beautiful statues that seem to be alive. But Lyudmila is sad, and nothing amuses her. She sits down on the grass, and suddenly a tent unfurls over her, and before her is a sumptuous dinner. Beautiful music delights her ears. Intending to reject the treat, Lyudmila began to eat. As soon as she got up, the tent disappeared by itself, and Lyudmila again found herself alone and wandered in the garden until evening. Lyudmila feels that she is falling asleep, and suddenly an unknown force lifts her up and gently carries her through the air on her bed. Three maidens appeared again and, having put Lyudmila, disappeared. In fear, Lyudmila lies in bed and is waiting for something terrible. Suddenly there was a noise, the palace lit up, and Lyudmila sees how a long row of araps carries a gray beard in pairs on the pillows, behind which a humpbacked dwarf with a shaved head covered with a high cap is walking importantly. Lyudmila jumps up, grabs him by the cap, the dwarf gets scared, falls down, gets tangled in his beard, and the mobs, under Lyudmila's screeching, carry him away, leaving his hat.

Meanwhile, Ruslan, overtaken by the knight, fights with him in a fierce battle. He rips the enemy off the saddle, lifts him up and throws him from the shore into the waves. This knight was none other than Rogday, who found his death in the waters of the Dnieper.

A cold morning shines on the tops of the northern mountains. Chernomor lies in bed, and the slaves are combing his beard and anointing his mustache. Suddenly, a winged serpent flies through the window and turns around to Naina. She greets Chernomor and informs him of the impending danger. Chernomor replies to Naina that he is not afraid of the knight as long as his beard is intact. Naina, turning into a snake, flies away again, and Chernomor again goes to Lyudmila's chambers, but cannot find her either in the palace or in the garden. Lyudmila is missing. Chernomor in anger sends slaves in search of the disappeared princess, threatening them with terrible punishment. Lyudmila, on the other hand, did not run away anywhere, she just accidentally discovered the secret of the black-brown invisible hat and took advantage of its magical properties.

And what about Ruslan? Having defeated Rogdai, he went further and ended up on the battlefield with armor and weapons scattered around and the yellow bones of warriors. Ruslan sadly looks around the battlefield and finds armor and a steel spear among the abandoned weapons for himself, but he cannot find a sword. Ruslan is riding in the night steppe and notices a huge hill in the distance. Having approached closer, in the light of the moon, he sees that this is not a hill, but a living head in a heroic helmet with feathers that shudder from her snoring. Ruslan tickled the nostrils of his head with a spear, she sneezed and woke up. An angry head threatens Ruslan, but, seeing that the knight is not afraid, gets angry and begins to blow at him with all his might. Unable to resist this whirlwind, Ruslan's horse flies far into the field, and his head laughs at the knight. Enraged by her taunts, Ruslan throws a spear and pierces his tongue through his head. Taking advantage of the confusion of his head, Ruslan rushes to her and with a swing hits her on the cheek with a heavy mitten. The head reeled, rolled over and rolled. At the place where she stood, Ruslan sees a sword that fit him. He intends to cut off the nose and ears of the head with this sword, but hears her groan and spares her. The fallen head tells Ruslan its story. Once she was a brave giant knight, but unfortunately she had a dwarf younger brother, the evil Chernomor, who was jealous of his older brother. Once Chernomor discovered the secret he found in black books, that behind the eastern mountains in the basement there is a sword that is dangerous for both brothers. Chernomor persuaded his brother to go in search of this sword, and when he was found, he fraudulently took possession of it and chopped off his brother's head, transferred her to this deserted land and doomed her to guard the sword forever. The head offers Ruslan to take the sword and take revenge on the insidious Chernomor.

Khan Ratmir went in search of Lyudmila to the south and on the way sees a castle on a rock, along the wall of which a singing maiden walks in the moonlight. With her song she beckons the knight, he drives up, under the wall he is met by a crowd of red girls who give the knight a luxurious reception.

And Ruslan spends this night near his head, and in the morning he goes on further searches. Autumn passes and winter comes, but Ruslan stubbornly moves north, overcoming all obstacles.

Lyudmila, hidden from the eyes of the sorcerer with a magic hat, walks alone through the beautiful gardens and teases the servants of Chernomor. But the insidious Chernomor, assuming the guise of a wounded Ruslan, lures Lyudmila into the net. He is ready to pluck the fruit of love, but the sound of a horn is heard, and someone calls him. Putting an invisibility hat on Lyudmila, Chernomor flies towards the call.

Ruslan challenged the sorcerer to battle, he is waiting for him. But the insidious wizard, having made himself invisible, hits the knight on the helmet. Having contrived, Ruslan grabs Chernomor by the beard, and the wizard takes off with him under the clouds. For two days he carried the knight through the air and finally asked for mercy and carried Ruslan to Lyudmila. On the ground, Ruslan cuts off his beard with a sword and ties it to his helmet. But, having entered the possession of Chernomor, he does not see Lyudmila anywhere and in anger begins to destroy everything around with a sword. By an unexpected blow, he knocks the invisibility hat off Lyudmila's head and finds a bride. But Lyudmila is sleeping deeply. At that moment, Ruslan hears the voice of a Finn, who advises him to go to Kiev, where Lyudmila will wake up. Having driven up to the head on the way back, Ruslan pleases her with a message about the victory over Chernomor.

On the bank of the river Ruslan sees a poor fisherman and his beautiful young wife. He is surprised to recognize Ratmir in the fisherman. Ratmir says that he found his happiness and left the vain world. He says goodbye to Ruslan and wishes him happiness and love.

Meanwhile, Naina appears to Farlaf, who is waiting in the wings, and teaches how to destroy Ruslan. Sneaking up to the sleeping Ruslan, Farlaf thrust the sword into his chest three times and hides with Lyudmila.

Murdered Ruslan lies in the field, and Farlaf with sleeping Lyudmila strives for Kiev. He enters the tower with Lyudmila in his arms, but Lyudmila does not wake up, and all attempts to wake her up are fruitless. And here a new misfortune falls on Kiev: it is surrounded by rebellious Pechenegs.

While Farlaf goes to Kiev, the Finn comes to Ruslan with living and dead water. Having resurrected the knight, he tells him about what happened and gives him a magic ring that will remove the spell from Lyudmila. Encouraged, Ruslan rushes to Kiev.

Meanwhile, the Pechenegs besiege the city, and at dawn a battle begins, which brings no victory to anyone. And the next morning, a rider in shining armor suddenly appears among the hordes of Pechenegs. It strikes right and left and turns the Pechenegs to flight. It was Ruslan. Having entered Kiev, he goes to the tower where Vladimir and Farlaf were next to Lyudmila. Seeing Ruslan, Farlaf falls to his knees, and Ruslan strives for Lyudmila and, touching her face with the ring, awakens her. Happy Vladimir, Lyudmila and Ruslan forgive Farlaf, who confessed everything, and Chernomor, deprived of his magical power, is accepted into the palace.

A short retelling of the poem by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin "Ruslan and Lyudmila" will help to refresh the memory of the main events from the work, to remember the main characters and how the relations between them developed. And also the Many-Wise Litrecon reminds that the plot in an abbreviation can be very useful in the selection of arguments for the examination essay.

Outside is the loud and magnificent wedding of Lyudmila, daughter of Prince Vladimir of Kiev, the Sun, and Ruslan, the glorious Russian hero. A feast where the guests have fun and the famous Sadko sings songs. After the feast, the young people went to their bedchamber, but suddenly a strange thing happened - in the dark, someone steals the young wife. Ruslan sees how some sorcerer with a beard flies away with Lyudmila.

The prince, in grief, announces that he will give up his daughter for the one who will save her, because the newly-minted husband could not save his wife. Several applicants appear. In addition to Ruslan, three of his rivals are sent in search of Lyudmila - the warrior Rogdai, the revelry Farlaf and the Khazar Khan Ratmir. Everyone chooses a separate road. Ruslan also sets off.

The hero sees a cave on his way, where he meets a wizard named Finn. He tells Ruslan that in fact Lyudmila was stolen by the evil sorcerer Chernomor.

Finn tells his story to the hero. In his youth, he was in love with the beautiful maiden Naina, but could not win her hearts with either rich gifts or great deeds. Then he went into the woods, began to study magic and became a wizard. But Finn could not forget the beauty of Naina and after 40 years he found her again. Instead of a young beautiful maiden, he saw a flabby old woman and renounced his love. Then Naina, who also possessed magical powers, promised to take revenge.

Song 2

One of Ruslan's rivals, Rogdai, burns with hatred for the hero, so he decides to get rid of the opponent, catch up and kill him. But he confuses Ruslan with Farlaf and attacks the young man. Farlaf was not injured, but he was greatly frightened by this incident. Naina comes to him and tells him to leave the search for Lyudmila. She will fall into his hands anyway. He agrees and returns home.

Rogdai does not leave the search for Ruslan, he catches up with the hero, a fierce battle begins. Ruslan gains the upper hand and throws Rogdai into the Dnieper.

Lyudmila wakes up in the morning in the castle of Chernomor, she goes around his possessions, finds luxurious gardens, but nothing pleases the girl, she contemplates suicide. But in the evening, magical power returns Lyudmila to her chambers in the castle. Chernomor, a dwarf with a long beard, comes to her with many servants. The girl is frightened by his appearance, screams and knocks his cap off the sorcerer. He with all his retinue runs away, tangled in his beard.

Song 3

Naina flies to Chernomor, she wants to conclude an alliance with him against Ruslan and Finn, who decided to help him.

Lyudmila finds an amazing property in the sorcerer's cap - if you put it on the other way around, it turns into an invisible hat.

Ruslan, meanwhile, continues his journey and finds a battlefield, where he takes new armor. In the middle of the field, the hero sees a huge human head, she begins to blow on him, making a strong whirlwind, but Ruslan manages to hit her with a heavy mitten. Then the head rolls to the side, and a sword appears under it.

The head starts talking to Ruslan, and he learns her story. Once it was the head of a warrior-hero, his younger brother was the dwarf sorcerer Chernomor, whose magic power lay in his beard. Together they were looking for a sword, it was magic and, according to legends, had to cut off the head of one of them, and the beard of the other. When the brothers found the sword, Chernomor betrayed his older brother, cut off his head and ordered her to guard the magic sword in a deserted field.

Song 4

Ratmir continues to search for Lyudmila, he sees a castle on the rocks on the way. This is the abode of beautiful virgins. Ratmir abandons the path and remains with the virgins who give him their love.

Lyudmila uses an invisibility hat to hide from Chernomor in his domain. The sorcerer cannot find the girl, then he decides to deceive her and turns into a wounded Ruslan, who calls his wife for help. The girl believes in deception and runs to help her husband, then Chernomor catches her and plunges her into a deep sleep. At the same time Ruslan arrives.

Song 5

A battle begins between the hero Ruslan and the sorcerer Chernomor. It seems that the sorcerer has an advantage, because he can fly, but Ruslan manages to grab his magic beard. In fear, Chernomor took off and carried the hero through the air. Ruslan threatens to cut off his magic beard, after which the sorcerer carries him to Lyudmila.

The girl is still in deep sleep. Ruslan takes her and takes her home. They ride through the field on which the Head lies, which, dying, reproaches Chernomor for his deeds.

On the way, Ruslan meets Ratmir, but he no longer encroaches on Lyudmila's heart, he fell in love with a beautiful fisherwoman and settled with her in the wilderness.

But Farlaf poses a threat to the young. With his hands, Naina decides to take revenge on Ruslan. Bewitched by the sorceress, Farlaf finds a field where the hero lay down to rest, thrust a knife into his chest three times and steals the sleeping Lyudmila.

Song 6

Farlaf and Lyudmila arrive in Kiev. The young man tells the prince the story of how he saved the girl from a terrible goblin. But Lyudmila is still asleep, and no one knows how to awaken the girl.

The Pechenegs attack Kiev, but the army of Prince Vladimir cannot defeat the enemy. Meanwhile, Finn finds out what happened to Ruslan and decides to help his friend. He goes to the combustible steppes and gets there living and dead water to save Ruslan. The young man comes to life.

The Pechenegs win, but then an unknown hero appears on the battlefield, and soon the enemy flees. This hero was Ruslan. He woke Lyudmila with a ring that his friend Finn gave him.

Prince Vladimir rejoices, Ruslan and Lyudmila are celebrating their wedding again.

Year: 1820 Genre: poem

Main characters: the old prince Vladimir, his daughter Lyudmila, prince Ruslan, the magician Chernomor, Rogdai, Ratmir and the knights Farlaf.

The work "Ruslan and Lyudmila" was the first major work of the author, it was written in the period 1817-1819.
This work is filled with faith in love, courage, and how you need to fight for your happiness. Pushkin showed that in spite of everything, in the end good triumphs over evil.

The plot consists in the fact that Prince Vladimir is celebrating the wedding of his daughter, but she is suddenly kidnapped. Now her fiancé Ruslan goes in search of her, there will be many trials in front of him, a long road and enemies. But in the end, everything ends well.

Read a summary of the poem Ruslan and Lyudmila for children (Pushkin)

Prince Vladimir decided to arrange a holiday bringing together his sons, friends and other people. The reason for the celebration was the wedding of his only daughter, Luda. Everyone around is happy about this event, only a few knights stand aside in despondency, as they envy Lyudmila's fiancé.

After the end of the holiday, the prince gives his blessing to the young and takes them to their chambers. Suddenly the weather worsened, wind and thunder suddenly appeared, and a voice began to come from the darkness. When the storm ended and Ruslan came to his senses, he discovered that his bride was missing. Vladimir, having learned about the disappearance of his daughter, sends knights in search of her, and says that whoever finds her first will marry him. Each of the knights is already dreaming of how to save the young beauty. Arriving at the road, they found that it was divided and now everyone went their own way. Ruslan also went in search of the bride, on his way came across a cave in which the old man lived. He told him that he had been waiting for a long time, and said that Ruslan would definitely find a bride, but before that there would be a lot of difficulties. Lyudmila was stolen by Chernomor and to save the girl, it is necessary to kill him. Ruslan sat with the old man until the morning, he told him the story of his life. While Ruslan was listening to the old man, Rogdai was thinking about how he could get rid of Ruslan and save the girl. Rogdai, mustering his strength, sets off to meet the enemy and on the way meets an old grandmother who showed the way.

Ruslan is looking for Lyudmila, but suddenly Rogdai with a spear appears in front of him. All this time, Lyudmila is in the mansion of Chernomor, the most beautiful room was allocated for her, as well as many servants. There is a battle between Ruslan and Rohrad, as a result Ruslan gets the victory.

Then Ruslan finds himself on the fields where the war once unfolded, swords and the bones of warriors lie around. Then he finds some weapon for himself and sets off on his way. Soon a hill appears in front of him, but in the end it turned out to be the head of a warrior. The head came to life and blew off Ruslan in the field. After that, the guy attacks the warrior's head, pierces her tongue, and then hits her on the head. Lyudmila teases the slaves at this time. Chernomor came up with a cunning plan, he turned into the girl's lover, caught her and sent her to her chambers.

Finally Ruslan met with Chernomor. Their struggle lasted for several days, a life-and-death struggle. The weak point of Chernomor was the beard, cutting it off Ruslan emerges victorious. He goes to look for Lyudmila, accidentally finds her under an invisible hat. Ruslan and Lyudmila are very glad to each other and go home. On the way, Ruslan meets Ratmir, who is also happy, because he found himself a girlfriend. They made up with Ruslans and parted as friends.

Naina told Farlaf how to get rid of Ruslan, and soon he kills him, and he leaves with Lyudmila. A new problem came to Kiev, the Pechenegs gathered around the city. The old man, whom Ruslan met in the cave, revives the guy and gives him a ring that will help remove the spell from Lyudmila. Ruslan hurries to Kiev, at this time the enemies attack the city. Ruslan emerges victorious from the battle with the Russian enemies. Going for his beloved, he meets Vladimir and Farlaf. Farlaf is very surprised to see Ruslan and swears that he personally killed the guy. Ruslan, not paying attention to anything, runs to Lyudmila and resurrects her.

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Pushkin A.S. "Ruslan and Ludmila"

Genre: fairy tale poem

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

1. Ruslan, faithful friend and good knight. Brave, mighty, direct, courageous, never deviates from his goal.
2. Lyudmila, beautiful and kind. A merry mischievous woman 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 a beauty in a castle and stays with her.
5. Farlaf, the boastful coward.
6. Vladimir, the prince, tries to be fair
7. Chernomor, an insidious and soulless dwarf who killed his own brother
8. Finn, a mighty wizard who lost his love and track of time by practicing witchcraft
9. Naina, once a beauty, now a feisty old woman, a witch
10. Head, the elder brother of Chernomor, once a mighty warrior, betrayed by his brother.

1. Wedding feast
2. The kidnapping of Lyudmila
3. Rivals go in search
4. Ruslan finds a Finn
5. Finn's story
6. Fight with Ratmir
7. Lyudmila and Chernomor
8. Invisible hat
9. Death of Ratmir
10. Wrothgay'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. Lyudmila's awakening
20. Wedding feast.

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 Rotgai and fights headlong.
3. Lyudmila wakes up in the palace of Chernomor, finds the invisible hat and hides from the servants and Chernomor.
4. Ruslan fights in the skies with Chernomor, wins and cuts off his beard.
5. Ruslan returns with a sleeping Lyudmila, sees a happy Ratmir with a girl, he is killed in a dream by Farlaf.
6. Finn revives Ruslan, he defeats the Pechenegs, wakes Lyudmila and a feast is played.

What the fairy tale "Ruslan and Lyudmila" teaches
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 front of difficulties, live according to your conscience. Also, the tale 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 different storylines, completely different characters of the heroes. It was very interesting to follow the adventures of Ruslan and Lyudmila. I really liked this poem.

Proverbs to the fairy tale "Ruslan and Lyudmila"
Love conquers all
For a lover, even a hundred versts is not a distance.
Anyone who looks at something is drawn to that.

Summary, short retelling of the fairy tale "Ruslan and Lyudmila" by songs
The first song
The introduction tells about the wonders of Lukomorye, describes a fabulous cat on a golden chain, other fabulous heroes are mentioned.
Prince Vladimir gives his daughter Lyudmila to the hero Ruslan. Great celebration with singers. Ruslan's three rivals are sitting sadly - 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 and his rivals, hit the road. Farlaf brags, Rogdai looks gloomy and angrily at Ruslan, Ratmir is hot.
The 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 wizard Chernomor. The elder consoles Ruslan, saying that Chernomor's love is not terrible to Lyudmila and Ruslan goes to rest.
The elder tells his story. As a young man, he fell in love with the beautiful Naina, but she rejected the young Finn. Finn goes across the sea and in battles obtains treasures, which he throws at Naina's feet. But the beauty still doesn't like the Finn. Then the Finn resorts to witchcraft. He looks for spells and finds them. Old woman Naina appears before him. It turns out that 40 years have passed. Naina confesses that she is a witch and offers her hugs to the elder. But he runs away and has lived in a cave ever since.
Second song.
Rogdai decides to return and kill Ruslan. Farlaf runs away from Rogdai and falls off his horse. Rogdai abandons him and meets an old woman who points Rogdai to the north.
The old woman picks up Farlaf and sends him to Kiev.
Rogdai catches up with Ruslan.
At this time, Lyudmila wakes up in a rich bed. Wonderful maidens serve her and dress her. Lyudmila remains inconsolable, despite all the beauty of the palace, despite the magnificent garden. She even thinks about suicide.
Lyudmila lies down on the bed and suddenly a row of araps comes in, bearing a beard. A humpbacked dwarf follows them. Lyudmila screeches, grabs Karl by the beard and knocks him over. The mobs carry the sorcerer away.
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 finds herself invisible and becomes invisible.
Ruslan makes his way through a valley full of bones and weapons. Ruslan chooses a shield, sword, chain mail. Ruslan drives on and sees a hill crowned with a living head. Ruslan swears with his head and she starts blowing. Ruslana throws it away, and her head laughs.
Then Ruslan throws a spear and it pierces the tongue in the head. Ruslan runs up to the head and kicks it off the hill with a blow. A beautiful sword is found under the head.
Ruslan wants to kill his head, but hears a plaintive groan.
The head says that Chernomor was her younger brother and once advised her to get a magic sword. The head pulled out a sword, but quarreled with Chernomor for the right to wield it. But Chernomor deceived his brother and cut off his head, and then with sorcery 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 attracted by the voice of a magical maiden. He enters the castle, he is taken to the bathhouse, he forgets about Lyudmila. He stays with the young maiden.
Ruslan continues to the north and winter is approaching.
Lyudmila invisible wanders around the castle of Chernomor and teases the servants.
Chernomor turns into Ruslan and deceives Lyudmila. Lyudmila falls into the net and the dwarf begins to caress her. But then he hears the call and runs away.
The fifth song.
Ruslan gets to the castle of Chernomor and challenges him to battle. The dwarf flies around Ruslan and hits 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 in the end he prayed for mercy. He takes Ruslan to his palace and Ruslan cuts off his beard. Ruslan searches for Lyudmila, but does not find her anywhere in the castle. He rushes about the rooms and accidentally knocks the hat off the head of the invisible Lyudmila. Ruslan hugs sleeping Lyudmila to him.
The Finn's voice advises him to hurry to Kiev.
Ruslan with Lyudmila and Chernomor sets off on the way back. He reaches the Head and shows that Chernomor. The head dies and finds rest.
Ruslan meets Ratmir, who has become a fisherman. They hug and Ratmir says that he is happy with his beauty, and threw down the sword.
Naina comes to Farlaf and leads him to Ruslan. While Ruslan sleeps, Farlaf stabs him three times with a sword, takes Lyudmila and gallops to Kiev.
Song Six.
Ruslan lies dead in the forest and the horse wanders around him. Chernomor thinks that he is free.
Farlaf brings sleeping Lyudmila to Kiev and tells the prince that he recaptured her from the goblin in the Murom forests. But nothing can disturb Lyudmila's sleep. There is gloom in the city. The Pechenegs approached.
Finn finds Ruslan, sprinkles living and dead water on him and Ruslan comes to life.
Kiev is under siege by the Pechenegs and the Russian knights perish 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 in joy he is forgiven. Chernomor, deprived of his strength, is taken into the palace, a feast is played.

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