In order to rescue his beloved Lyudmila, who has been abducted by the
evil wizard Chernomor, the warrior Ruslan faces an epic and perilous
quest, encoutering a multitude of fantastic and terrifying characters
along the way.
The basis for Glinka's famous opera of the same name, Ruslan and
Lyudmila - Pushkin's second longest poetical work - is a dramatic and
ingenious retelling of Russian folklore, full of humour and irony.