Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian literature.

Ruslan and Ludmila is a poem by Alexander Pushkin, published in 1820. Written as an epic fairy tale consisting of a dedication (посвящение), six "cantos", and an epilogue, it tells the story of the abduction of Ludmila, the daughter of Prince Vladimir of the Kievan Rus', by an evil wizard and the attempt by the brave knight Ruslan to find and rescue her.