The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837) - great Russian writer, founder of the modern Russian literary language, author of works recognized throughout the world in verses and prose ("Evgeny Onegin", "Dubrovsky", "Ruslan and Lyudmila", "Caucasian captive", "," "Queen of Spades"), as well as fairy tales for children. A.S. Pushkin was born in Moscow in a family of an attended noble family. On his maternal line, his great -grandfather was African Abram Petrovich Gannibal - a pupil and servant of Tsar Peter 1. He was not very close with his parents, the educator and a real friend for him was the nanny Arina Rodionovna. In 1811 A.S. Pushkin was admitted to the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum in St. Petersburg. Already in 1814, his poems appear in the journal Bulletin of Europe ", then he was accepted into the literary society" Arzamas". The later, Pushkin’s political lyrics ("liberty", "to Chaadaev", "Village") caused the anger of Emperor Alexander I, and only thanks to the efforts of Karamzin, Zhukovsky and Krylov, he managed to avoid links to Siberia, and in May 1820 a poet under the guise Office movement was expelled to the south of Russia. In 1837 A.S. Pushkin was mortally wounded by a duel.
Tales occupy an important place in the poet’s work, he himself wrote to his brother: "What the charm of these fairy tales! Each there is a poem! ” "Tale of King Saltan" (1831) is written based on the folk tale "on the knee of the leg in gold, on the elbow of the arms in silver". The story of King Saltan and his son Prince Guidon shows that good wins evil, and any lie will be disclosed and punished. But if the offender sparkles and asks for forgiveness, then he will receive it