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 (“Eugene Onegin”, “Dubrovsky”, “Ruslan and Lyudmila”, “Caucasian captive”, “Caucasian prisoner”, 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 Hannibal - a pupil and servant of Tsar Peter I. 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 magazine 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.
Tales occupy an important place in the work of the poet, he himself wrote to his brother: “What the charm of these fairy tales! Each is a poem! ” “The 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 revealed and punished. But if the offender sincerely repents and asks for forgiveness, then he will receive it.
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