The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837) is a great Russian writer, the founder of the modern Russian literary language, the author of internationally recognized works in verse and prose ("Eugene Onegin", "Dubrovsky", "Ruslan and Lyudmila", "The Prisoner of the Caucasus", "The Queen of Spades"), as well as fairy tales for children. A.S. Pushkin was born in Moscow into a family of untitled nobility. On his mother's side, his great-grandfather was the African Abram Petrovich Hannibal - a foster son and servant of Tsar Peter I. He was not very close with his parents; his nurse, Arina Rodionovna, was his mentor and true friend. In 1811, A.S. Pushkin was accepted into the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum in St. Petersburg. As early as 1814, his poems appeared in the magazine "Herald of Europe", and at that time he was admitted to the literary society "Arzamas". Pushkin's later political lyricism ("Freedom", "To Chaadaev", "Village") angered Emperor Alexander I, and only thanks to the efforts of Karamzin, Zhukovsky, and Krylov was he able to avoid exile to Siberia. In May 1820, the poet was sent under the guise of an official transfer to the south of Russia. In 1837, A.S. Pushkin was mortally wounded in a duel.
Fairy tales hold an important place in the poet's work; he himself wrote to his brother: "What a delight these fairy tales are! Each one is a poem!". "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" (1831) is based on the folk tale "With legs to the knees in gold, with arms to the elbow in silver". The story of Tsar Saltan and his son Prince Guidon shows that good triumphs over evil, and any lie will be revealed and punished. But if the offender sincerely repents and asks for forgiveness, he will receive it.