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What happens to Lyudmila in Aleksandr Pushkin’s poem Ruslan and Lyudmila?
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Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin, oil on canvas by Vasily Tropinin, 1827; in the National Pushkin Museum, St. Petersburg.
In Aleksandr Pushkin’s romantic narrative poem Ruslan and Lyudmila, the character Lyudmila is the daughter of Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev. On her wedding night, she is kidnapped by the evil magician Chernomor. The remainder of the poem follows the hero, Ruslan, as he faces various trials and adventures in his quest to rescue her.21