Character History
Tsar Saltan is a generous and naive ruler, appearing in the fairy tale Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. The author created the image of a large child, wrinkling, blindly believing the court lingerie and dreaming about simple happiness.History of creation
To one of his most famous her fairy tales, Alexander Pushkin was several years old, throwing notes in a notebook for the future work and thinking over the filing form. The writer even thought about the story of Tsar Saltan to present in prose. As an artistic frame, the author took a folk fairy tale "knee legs in gold, on the elbow of his hands in silver," added the stories of Nanny Arina Rodionov and Quilichki, overheard from the common Luda. In once the links in Mikhailovsky deprived of freedom to choose a place of residence, the poet communicated a lot with the people - Korotal in the evening in the society of peasants and yard.
![Alexander Pushkin Alexander Pushkin](/userfiles/126/1662_1.webp)
By the summer of 1831, Pushkin took part in the venture of Vasily Zhukovsky, who offered several writers to try forces in folk art. Alexander Sergeevich put on the "competition" "a fairy tale about Tsar Saltan", though, then again I was rewritten. The first who heard the creation of the author's mouth was Nicholas I. In 1932, it appeared as part of a collection of writer's writer.
The solemn and long name "Tale of Tsar Saltan, about his son's glorious and mighty Bogatyr Prince Gwidone Saltanovic and the wonderful princess swans" was chosen in imitating to the lobal narratives. Inventing the name of the chief hero, Pushkin was witty reddished the double title "Tsar Sultan", turned out to be colorful, pointing to the eastern roots, but with a Slavic tint name.
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The glorious son of Saltana Gvidon is named Western European manner. The names of the Father and Son are symbolic, personify the confrontation of the West and the East. Another bright character of the work - Tsarevna Swan - completely taken from Russian folklore: Alexander Sergeevich entered its features of Vasilisa Promutra.
Critics met the work coldly, among them there were those who suspected that Pushkin loses talent. A flurry of accusations hit the poet that he failed to convey the color of the Russian folklore, giving out only a pathetic similarity of the folk sample. Only in the 20th century, criticism began to sing the laudatory OD to the product.
Plot
One day, Tsar Saltan erupts a dreamy conversation on the topic "If I was the queen" three sisters, we had in the evening near the window. The promise of one girl was especially liked by the sovereign, because she was going to give birth to herself. On joys, Saltan marries her, the remaining two dreamers sends to serve to the court and leaves for a distant country to war.
![Tsar Saltan and three girls Tsar Saltan and three girls](/userfiles/126/1662_3.webp)
In his absence, the promised bogatyr appeared on the world - the son of Guidon, but the envious sisters of the woman in labor with cunning got rid of the queen and her siblos. Guidon, along with his mother, closed in barrel and threw out into the sea. This unusual ship delivered heroes to the shores of the uninhabited island of Buyan, which became a new place of residence. Here, the young man founded a wonderful city, and helped him in this beautiful swan saved by Gvidone from Korshun.
Gwidon, who wishes to see the Father, with the help of his possessions of merchants calls Tsar Saltan to visit. However, the sovereign more attracts the news of the miracle protein, which gnaws gold and emerald nuts and can sing. Then Tsarevich decides to settle on his island is a fabulous animal, building a crystal house for him.
![Prince Gvidon Prince Gvidon](/userfiles/126/1662_4.webp)
For the second time, the king again refused the invitation, learning about thirty-three heroes, and then the Marine Army led by the uncle Chernomor appears on the island of Buyan.
And for the third time, Gwidon failed to lure the father to visit - he said about the beauty-princess swans, which his face eclipses God's light. Gwidon is so imbued with the news that she got married to the girl. Rushing for help to the swans, I was surprised to find that she is that the most princess.
![Tsarevna Swan Tsarevna Swan](/userfiles/126/1662_5.webp)
Tsar Saltan finally arrived on the island, where he was waiting for his whole family - wife, son and daughter-in-law. Pushkin finished a fairy tale on a positive note - the women who built the goats are forgiven, and the sovereign rolled the day to the whole world.
Characteristic Tsar Saltana
The main character of the work is presented in a comic key. The appearance of the Hero of the Tsarist is a solid beard, a suitable robe, consisting of red boots and a long raincoat with elegant patterns embroidered with gold. However, the character is not at all autocrat.
![Tsar Saltan Tsar Saltan](/userfiles/126/1662_6.webp)
Tsar Saltan, Gulling, good-natured and fair, is the ideal of the king-father for the Russian people. It is easily deceived by the environment, but the congenital ability to forgive makes the hero to close on all eyes and live in the world of illusions.
In culture
At the end of the 19th century, composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote a magnificent opera, who survived many productions.
![Tsar Saltan in the cartoon Tsar Saltan in the cartoon](/userfiles/126/1662_7.webp)
In our time, the music was used by the Olympic champion Maria Kiselev in the author's performance on the water "Tale of the Tsar Saltan", which still chains the tour in Russia. Water fairy tale is a mix of sports and art where the actors of a circus, choreographers, champions on synchronous swimming are involved, jumping into water and aquabike. In an interview, Maria Kiselev celebrated:
"For each performance, we write original music. Now we went further - in the new show, the classical music of the Roman Corsakov will sound, which was specially written for the "Tsar Tsar Saltan", but in the original processing. It will be perfectly combined with action on the site. "The work entered into the cinematic heritage. For the first time, Pushkinsky creation captured on the film in 1943. Directed by Valentine and Zinaida Brumberg created a black and white cartoon in which Saltan tells the voice of actor Mikhail Zharov. Color cartoon saw the light much later - in 1984. This picture has become the last work of the legendary directorial tandem Ivan Ivanova-Vano and Lion Milchina. Saltan voiced Mikhail Zimin.
![Vladimir Andreev as King Saltan Vladimir Andreev as King Saltan](/userfiles/126/1662_8.webp)
In 1966, Alexander Ptushko took fairy tales for the plot, removing the feature film. Larisa Golubina (Queen), Oleg Sovyov (Gvidon), Ksenia Ryabinkina (Tsarevna Swan) worked on the set. The role of Saltan went to Vladimir Andreev.