What is the full name of the fairy tale about Tsar Saltan? Tsar Saltan

Full title:Illustrations for the Tale of Tsar Saltan

The tale of Tsar Saltan and his son

Slavny and mighty hero

PrinceGuidone Saltanovich

And about beautiful princess Swans

Three maidens by the window
We spun late in the evening.
“If only I were a queen,”
One girl says,
Then for the whole baptized world
I would prepare a feast."
- “If only I were a queen,”
Her sister says,
Then there would be one for the whole world
I wove fabrics.”
- “If only I were a queen,”
The third sister said,
I would for the father-king
She gave birth to a hero."

I just managed to say,
The door creaked softly,
And the king enters the room,
The sides of that sovereign.
During the entire conversation
He stood behind the fence;
Speech last on everything
He fell in love with it.
“Hello, red maiden,”
He says - be a queen
And give birth to a hero
I'm at the end of September.
You, my dear sisters,
Get out of the bright room.
Follow me
Following me and my sister:
Be one of you a weaver,
And the other one is the cook.”

The Tsar Father came out into the vestibule.
Everyone went into the palace.
The king did not gather for long:
Got married that same evening.
Tsar Saltan for an honest feast
He sat down with the young queen;
And then the honest guests
On the ivory bed
They put the young ones
And they left them alone.
The cook is angry in the kitchen,
The weaver is crying at the loom -
And they envy
To the Sovereign's wife.
And the queen is young,
Without putting things off,
I carried it from the first night.

At that time there was war.
Tsar Saltan said goodbye to his wife,
Sitting on a good horse,
She punished herself
Take care of him, loving him.
Meanwhile how far away he is
It beats long and hard,
The time of birth is coming;
God gave them a son in arshin,
And the queen over the child,
Like an eagle over an eaglet;
She sends a messenger with a letter,
To please my father.
And the weaver with the cook,
With in-law Babarikha
They want to inform her
They are ordered to take over the messenger;

They themselves send another messenger
Here's what, word by word:
“The queen gave birth in the night
Either a son or a daughter;
Not a mouse, not a frog,
And an unknown animal."

As the king-father heard,
What did the messenger tell him?
In anger he began to perform miracles
And he wanted to hang the messenger;
But, having softened this time,
He gave the messenger the following order:
"Wait for the Tsar's return
For a legal solution."

A messenger rides with a letter
And he finally arrived.
And the weaver with the cook
With in-law Babarikha
They order him to be robbed;
They make the messenger drunk
And his bag is empty
They thrust another certificate -
And the drunken messenger brought
On the same day the order is as follows:
“The king orders his boyars,
Without wasting time,
And the queen and the offspring
Secretly throw into the abyss of water."
There is nothing to do: boyars,
Worrying about the sovereign
And to the young queen,
A crowd came to her bedroom.
They declared the king's will -
She and her son have an evil share,
Read the decree aloud
And the queen at the same hour
They put me in a barrel with my son,
They tarred and drove away
And they let me into Okiyan -
This is what Tsar Saltan ordered.

The stars shine in the blue sky,
In the blue sea the waves are lashing;
A cloud is moving across the sky
A barrel floats on the sea.
Like a bitter widow
The queen is crying and struggling within her;
And the child grows there
Not by days, but by hours.
The day has passed - the queen is screaming...
And the child hurries the wave:
“You, my wave, wave!
You are playful and free;
You splash wherever you want,
You sharpen sea stones
You drown the shores of the earth,
You raise ships -
Don't destroy our soul:
Throw us out onto dry land!”
And the wave listened:
She's right there on the shore
I carried the barrel out lightly
And she left quietly.
Mother and baby saved;
She feels the earth.
But who will take them out of the barrel?
Will God really leave them?
The son rose to his feet,
I rested my head on the bottom,
I strained a little:
“It’s like there’s a window looking out into the yard
Should we do it? - he said,
Knocked the bottom out and walked out.

Mother and son are now free;
They see a hill in a wide field;
The sea is blue all around,
Green oak over the hill.
The son thought: good dinner
However, we would need it.
He breaks the oak branch
And bends the bow tightly,
Silk cord from the cross
I strung an oak bow,
I broke a thin cane,
He pointed the arrow lightly
And went to the edge of the valley
Look for game by the sea.

He just approaches the sea,
It’s like he hears a groan...
Apparently the sea is not quiet;
He looks and sees the matter dashingly:
The swan beats among the swells,
The kite flies over her;
That poor thing is just splashing,
The water is muddy and gushing all around...
He's already unfurled his claws,
The bloody bite has pricked up...
But just as the arrow began to sing,
I hit a kite in the neck -
The kite shed blood in the sea.
The prince lowered his bow;
Looks: a kite is drowning in the sea
And it doesn’t moan like a bird’s cry,
The swan is swimming around
The evil kite pecks
Death is hastening near,
Beats with its wing and drowns in the sea -
And then to the prince
Says in Russian:
“You are the prince, my savior,
My mighty savior,
Don't worry about me
You won't eat for three days
That the arrow was lost at sea;
This grief is not grief.
I will repay you with kindness
I will serve you later:
You didn’t deliver the swan,
He left the girl alive;
You didn't kill the kite,
The sorcerer was shot.
I will never forget you:
You'll find me everywhere
And now you come back,
Don’t worry and go to bed.”

The swan bird flew away
And the prince and queen,
Having spent the whole day like this,
We decided to go to bed on an empty stomach.
The prince opened his eyes;
Shaking off the dreams of the night
And marveling at myself
He sees the city is big,
Walls with frequent battlements,
And behind the white walls
Church domes sparkle
And holy monasteries.
He will quickly wake up the queen;
She will gasp!.. “Will it happen? -
He says, I see:
My swan amuses itself.”
Mother and son go to the city.
We just stepped outside the fence,
Deafening ringing
Rose from all sides:
People are pouring towards them,
The church choir praises God;
In golden carts
A lush courtyard greets them;
Everyone calls them loudly
And the prince is crowned
Princes cap and head
They shout over themselves;
And among his capital,
With the queen's permission,
On the same day he began to reign
And he was named: Prince Guidon.

The wind blows on the sea
And the boat speeds up;
He runs in the waves
With full sails.
The shipbuilders are amazed
There are crowds on the boat,
On a familiar island
They see a miracle in reality:
The new golden-domed city,
A pier with a strong outpost -

The guns are firing from the pier,
The ship is ordered to land.
Guests arrive at the outpost;

He feeds and waters them
And he orders me to keep the answer:
“What are you, guests, bargaining with?
And where are you sailing now?
The shipbuilders responded:
"We've traveled all over the world,
Traded sables
Black-brown foxes;
And now our time has come,
We're going straight east
Past Buyan Island,

The prince then said to them:
"Good journey to you, gentlemen,
By sea along Okiyan
To the glorious Tsar Saltan;
I bow to him."
The guests are on their way, and Prince Guidon
From the shore with a sad soul
Accompanying their long run;
Look - above the flowing waters
A white swan is swimming.


Why are you sad?” -
She tells him.
The prince sadly replies:
“Sadness and melancholy eats me up,
Defeated the young man:
I would like to see my father."
Swan to the prince: “This is the grief!
Well, listen: you want to go to sea
Fly behind the ship?
Be a mosquito, prince.”
And flapped her wings,
The water splashed noisily
And sprayed him
From head to toe everything.
Here he shrunk to a point,
Turned into a mosquito
He flew and squealed,
I caught up with the ship at sea,
Slowly sank
On the ship - and hid in a crack.

The wind makes a cheerful noise,
The ship is running merrily
Past Buyan Island,
To the kingdom of the glorious Saltan,
And the desired country
It's visible from afar.
The guests came ashore;
Tsar Saltan invites them to visit,
And follow them to the palace
Our daredevil has flown.
He sees: all shining in gold,
Tsar Saltan sits in his chamber
On the throne and in the crown
With a sad thought on his face;
And the weaver with the cook.
With in-law Babarikha
They sit near the king
And they look into his eyes.
Tsar Saltan seats guests
At his table and asks:
“Oh, you, gentlemen, guests,
How long did it take? Where?
Is it good or bad overseas?
And what miracle is there in the world?”
The shipbuilders responded:
“We have traveled all over the world;
Living overseas is not bad,
In the world, here’s a miracle:
The island was steep in the sea,
Not private, not residential;
It lay as an empty plain;
A single oak tree grew on it;
And now it stands on it
New town with a palace
With golden-domed churches,
With towers and gardens,
And Prince Guidon sits in it;
He sent you his regards."
Tsar Saltan marvels at the miracle;
He says: “If I live,
I’ll visit the wonderful island,
I’ll stay with Guidon.”
And the weaver with the cook,
With in-law Babarikha
They don't want to let him in
A wonderful island to visit.
“It’s a curiosity, really,”
Winking at others slyly,
The cook says, -
The city is by the sea!
Know that this is not a trifle:
Spruce in the forest, under the spruce squirrel,
Squirrel sings songs
And he keeps nibbling on nuts,
And nuts are not simple,
All the shells are golden,
The cores are pure emerald;
That’s what they call a miracle.”
Tsar Saltan marvels at the miracle,
And the mosquito is angry, angry -
And the mosquito just bit into it
Aunt right in the right eye.
The cook turned pale
She froze and winced.
Servants, in-law and sister
They catch a mosquito with a scream.
“You damned midge!
We you!..” And he through the window
Yes, calm down to your destiny
Flew across the sea.

Again the prince walks by the sea,
He doesn’t take his eyes off the blue sea;
Look - above the flowing waters
A white swan is swimming.
“Hello, my handsome prince!

Why are you sad?” -
She tells him.
Prince Guidon answers her:
“Sadness and melancholy eats me up;
Wonderful miracle
I'd like to. There is somewhere
Spruce in the forest, under the spruce there is a squirrel;
A miracle, really, not a trinket -
Squirrel sings songs
Yes, he keeps nibbling on nuts,
And nuts are not simple,
All the shells are golden,
The cores are pure emerald;
But maybe people are lying."
The swan answers the prince:
“The world tells the truth about the squirrel;
I know this miracle;
Enough, prince, my soul,
Do not worry; glad to serve
I will show you friendship."
With a cheerful soul
The prince went home;
As soon as I stepped into the wide courtyard -
Well? under the tall tree,
He sees the squirrel in front of everyone
The golden one gnaws a nut,
The emerald takes out,
And he collects the shells,
Places equal piles
And sings with a whistle
To be honest in front of all the people:
Whether in the garden or in the vegetable garden.
Prince Guidon was amazed.
“Well, thank you,” he said, “
Oh yes swan - God bless her,
It’s the same fun for me.”
Prince for the squirrel later
Built a crystal house.
The guard was assigned to him
And besides, he forced the clerk
A strict account of nuts is the news.
Profit for the prince, honor for the squirrel.

The wind blows across the sea
And the boat speeds up;
He runs in the waves
With sails raised
Past the steep island,
Past the big city:
The guns are firing from the pier,
The ship is ordered to land.
Guests arrive at the outpost;
Prince Guidon invites them to visit,
He feeds and waters them
And he orders me to keep the answer:
“What are you, guests, bargaining with?
And where are you sailing now?
The shipbuilders responded:
"We've traveled all over the world,
We traded horses
All by Don stallions,
And now our time has come -
And the road lies far ahead for us:
Past Buyan Island
To the kingdom of the glorious Saltan..."
The prince then tells them:
"Good journey to you, gentlemen,
By sea along Okiyan
To the glorious Tsar Saltan;
Yes, say: Prince Guidon
He sends his regards to the Tsar.”

The guests bowed to the prince,
They went out and hit the road.
The prince goes to the sea - and the swan is there
Already walking on the waves.
The prince prays: the soul asks,
So it pulls and carries away...
Here she is again
Instantly sprayed everything:
The prince turned into a fly,
Flew and fell
Between sea and sky
On the ship - and climbed into the crack.

The wind makes a cheerful noise,
The ship is running merrily
Past Buyan Island,
To the kingdom of the glorious Saltan -
And the desired country
Now it’s visible from a distance;
The guests came ashore;
Tsar Saltan invites them to visit,
And follow them to the palace
Our daredevil has flown.
He sees: all shining in gold,
Tsar Saltan sits in his chamber
On the throne and in the crown,
With a sad thought on his face.
And the weaver with Babarikha
Yes with a crooked cook
They sit near the king.
They look like angry toads.
Tsar Saltan seats guests
At his table and asks:
“Oh, you, gentlemen, guests,
How long did it take? Where?
Is it good or bad overseas?
And what miracle is there in the world?”
The shipbuilders responded:
“We have traveled all over the world;
Living overseas is not bad;
In the world, here’s a miracle:
An island lies on the sea,
There is a city on the island
With golden-domed churches,
With towers and gardens;
The spruce tree grows in front of the palace,
And below it is a crystal house;
A tame squirrel lives there,
Yes, what an adventure!
Squirrel sings songs
Yes, he keeps nibbling on nuts,
And nuts are not simple,
All the shells are golden,
The cores are pure emerald;
The servants are guarding the squirrel,
They serve her as various servants -
And a clerk was appointed
A strict account of nuts is the news;
The army salutes her;
A coin is poured from shells
Let them go around the world;

Girls pour emerald
Into the storerooms, and under cover;
Everyone on that island is rich
There are no pictures, there are chambers everywhere;
And Prince Guidon sits in it;
He sent you his regards."
Tsar Saltan marvels at the miracle.
"If only I'm alive,
I’ll visit the wonderful island,
I’ll stay with Guidon.”
And the weaver with the cook,
With in-law Babarikha
They don't want to let him in
A wonderful island to visit.
Smiling secretly,
The weaver says to the king:
“What’s so wonderful about this? Here you go!
The squirrel gnaws pebbles,
Throws gold into piles
Rakes in emeralds;
This won't surprise us
Is it true or not?
There is another wonder in the world:
The sea will swell violently,
It will boil, it will howl,
It rushes onto the empty shore,
Will spill in a noisy run,
And they will find themselves on the shore,
In scales, like the heat of grief,
Thirty-three heroes
All the handsome men are daring,
Young giants
Everyone is equal, as if by selection,
Uncle Chernomor is with them.
It's a miracle, it's such a miracle
It’s fair to say!”
The smart guests are silent,
They don't want to argue with her.
Tsar Saltan marvels,
And Guidon is angry, angry...
He buzzed and just
sat on my aunt's left eye,
And the weaver turned pale:
"Ouch!" - and immediately frowned;
Everyone shouts: “Catch, catch,
Push her, push her...
That's it! wait a little
Wait..." And the prince through the window,
Yes, calm down to your destiny
Arrived across the sea.

The prince walks by the blue sea,
He doesn’t take his eyes off the blue sea;
Look - above the flowing waters
A white swan is swimming.
“Hello, my handsome prince!
Why are you as quiet as a stormy day?
Why are you sad?” -
She tells him.
Prince Guidon answers her:
“Sadness and melancholy eats me up -
I would like something wonderful
Transfer me to my destiny.”
- “What a miracle is this?”
- “Somewhere it will swell violently
Okiyan will raise a howl,
It rushes onto the empty shore,
Splashes in a noisy run,
And they will find themselves on the shore,
In scales, like the heat of grief,
Thirty-three heroes
All the handsome men are young,
Daring giants
Everyone is equal, as if by selection,
Uncle Chernomor is with them.”
The swan answers the prince:
“What, prince, confuses you?
Don't worry, my soul,
I know this miracle.
These knights of the sea
After all, my brothers are all my own.
Don't be sad, go
Wait for your brothers to visit."

The prince went, forgetting his grief,
Sat on the tower and on the sea
He began to look; the sea suddenly
It shook around
Splashed in a noisy run
And left on the shore
Thirty-three heroes;
In scales, like the heat of grief,
The knights are coming in pairs,
And, shining with gray hair,
The guy is walking ahead
And he leads them to the city.
Prince Guidon escapes from the tower,
Greets dear guests;
People are running in a hurry;
The uncle says to the prince:
“The swan sent us to you
And she punished
Keep your glorious city
And go around on patrol.
From now on every day we
We will definitely be together
At your high walls
To emerge from the waters of the sea,
So we'll see you soon,
And now it's time for us to go to sea;
The air of the earth is heavy for us.”
Everyone then went home.

The wind blows across the sea
And the boat speeds up;
He runs in the waves
With sails raised
Past the steep island,
Past the big city;
The guns are firing from the pier,
The ship is ordered to land.
Guests arrive at the outpost;
Prince Guidon invites them to visit,
He feeds them and gives them water,
And he orders me to keep the answer:
“What are you, guests, bargaining with?
And where are you sailing now?
The shipbuilders responded:
“We have traveled all over the world;
We traded damask steel
Pure silver and gold,
And now our time has come;
But the road is far away for us,
Past Buyan Island,
To the kingdom of the glorious Saltan."
The prince then tells them:
"Good journey to you, gentlemen,
By sea along Okiyan
To the glorious Tsar Saltan.
Yes, tell me: Prince Guidon
I send my regards to the Tsar.”

The guests bowed to the prince,
They went out and hit the road.
The prince goes to the sea, and the swan is there
Already walking on the waves.
The prince again: the soul is asking...
So it pulls and carries away...
And again she him
Sprayed everything in an instant.
Here he has shrunk a lot,
The prince turned like a bumblebee,
It flew and buzzed;
I caught up with the ship at sea,
Slowly sank
To the stern - and hid in the gap.

The wind makes a cheerful noise,
The ship is running merrily
Past Buyan Island,
To the kingdom of the glorious Saltan,
And the desired country
It's visible from afar.
The guests came ashore.
Tsar Saltan invites them to visit,
And follow them to the palace
Our daredevil has flown.
He sees, all shining in gold,
Tsar Saltan sits in his chamber
On the throne and in the crown,
With a sad thought on his face.
And the weaver with the cook,
With in-law Babarikha
They sit near the king -
All three are looking at four.
Tsar Saltan seats guests
At his table and asks:
“Oh, you, gentlemen, guests,
How long did it take? Where?
Is it good or bad overseas?
And what miracle is there in the world?”
The shipbuilders responded:
“We have traveled all over the world;
Living overseas is not bad;
In the world, here’s a miracle:
An island lies on the sea,
There is a city on the island,
Every day there is a miracle there:
The sea will swell violently,
It will boil, it will howl,
It rushes onto the empty shore,
Will splash in a quick run -
And they will remain on the shore
Thirty-three heroes
In the scales of golden grief,
All the handsome men are young,
Daring giants
Everyone is equal, as if by selection;
Old uncle Chernomor
With them comes out of the sea
And takes them out in pairs,
To keep that island
And go around on patrol -
And there is no more reliable guard,
Neither braver nor more diligent.
And Prince Guidon sits there;
He sent you his regards."
Tsar Saltan marvels at the miracle.
"As long as I'm alive,
I will visit the wonderful island
And I’ll stay with the prince.”
Cook and weaver
Not a word - but Babarikha,
Smiling, he says:
“Who will surprise us with this?
People come out of the sea
And they wander around on patrol!
Are they telling the truth or lying?
I don't see Diva here.
Are there such divas in the world?
Here word is going around true:
There is a princess beyond the sea,
What you can't take your eyes off:
During the day the light of God is eclipsed,
At night it illuminates the earth,
The moon shines under the scythe,
And in the forehead the star is burning.
And she herself is majestic,
Protrudes like a peahen;
And as the speech says,
It's like a river babbling.
It is fair to say,
It’s a miracle, it’s such a miracle.”
The smart guests are silent:
They don’t want to argue with the woman.
Tsar Saltan marvels at the miracle -
And although the prince is angry,
But he regrets his eyes
His old grandmother:
He buzzes over her, spins -
Sits right on her nose,
The hero stung his nose:
A blister appeared on my nose.
And again the alarm began:
“Help, for God's sake!
Guard! catch, catch,
Push him, push him...
That's it! wait a little
Wait!..” And the bumblebee through the window,
Yes, calm down to your destiny
Flew across the sea.

The prince walks by the blue sea,
He doesn’t take his eyes off the blue sea;
Look - above the flowing waters
A white swan is swimming.
“Hello, my handsome prince!
Why are you as quiet as a rainy day?
Why are you sad?” -
She tells him.
Prince Guidon answers her:
“Sadness and melancholy eats me up:
People get married; I see
I’m the only one who’s not married.”
- “And who do you have in mind?
You have?" - “Yes in the world,
They say there is a princess
That you can't take your eyes off.
During the day the light of God is eclipsed,
At night the earth lights up -
The moon shines under the scythe,
And in the forehead the star is burning.
And she herself is majestic,
Protrudes like a peahen;
He speaks sweetly,
It's like a river is babbling.
Just, come on, is this true?”
The prince waits with fear for an answer.
The white swan is silent
And, after thinking, he says:
"Yes! there is such a girl.
But the wife is not a mitten:
You can't shake off the white pen
You can't put it under your belt.
I'll give you some advice -
Listen: about everything about it
Think about it,
I wouldn’t repent later.”
The prince began to swear before her,
That it's time for him to get married,
What about all this
He changed his mind along the way;
What is ready with a passionate soul
Behind the beautiful princess
He walks away
At least distant lands.
The swan is here, taking a deep breath,
She said: “Why far away?
Know that your destiny is near,
After all, this princess is me.”
Here she is, flapping her wings,
Flew over the waves
And to the shore from above
Sank into the bushes
Started up, shook myself off
And she turned around like a princess:
The moon shines under the scythe,
And in the forehead the star burns;
And she herself is majestic,
Protrudes like a peahen;
And as the speech says,
It's like a river babbling.
The prince hugs the princess,
Presses to a white chest
And he leads her quickly
To my dear mother.
The prince is at her feet, begging:
“Dear Empress!
I chose my wife
Daughter obedient to you.
We ask for both permissions,
Your blessing:
Bless the children
Live in advice and love."
Above their humble head
Mother with a miraculous icon
She sheds tears and says:
“God will reward you, children.”
The prince did not take long to get ready,
He married the princess;
They began to live and live,
Yes, wait for the offspring.

The wind blows across the sea
And the boat speeds up;
He runs in the waves
On full sails
Past the steep island,
Past the big city;
The guns are firing from the pier,
The ship is ordered to land.
Guests arrive at the outpost.
Prince Guidon invites them to visit.
He feeds them and gives them water,
And he orders me to keep the answer:
“What are you, guests, bargaining with?
And where are you sailing now?
The shipbuilders responded:
"We've traveled all over the world,
We traded for a reason
Unspecified product;
But the road lies far ahead for us:
Head back to the east,
Past Buyan Island,
To the kingdom of the glorious Saltan."
The prince then said to them:
"Good journey to you, gentlemen,
By sea along Okiyan
To the glorious Tsar Saltan;
Yes, remind him
To my sovereign:
He promised to visit us,
And I haven’t gotten around to it yet -
I send him my regards."
The guests are on their way, and Prince Guidon
Stayed home this time
And he did not separate from his wife.

The wind makes a cheerful noise,
The ship is running merrily
Past Buyan Island,
To the kingdom of the glorious Saltan,
And a familiar country
It's visible from afar.
The guests came ashore.
Tsar Saltan invites them to visit.
Guests see: in the palace
The king sits in his crown.
And the weaver with the cook,
With in-law Babarikha
They sit near the king,
All three are looking at four.
Tsar Saltan seats guests
At his table and asks:
“Oh, you, gentlemen, guests,
How long did it take? Where?
Is it good or bad overseas?
And what miracle is there in the world?”
The shipbuilders responded:
“We have traveled all over the world;
Living overseas is not bad,
In the world, here’s a miracle:
An island lies on the sea,
There is a city on the island,
With golden-domed churches,
With towers and gardens;
The spruce tree grows in front of the palace,
And under it is a crystal house:
The tame squirrel lives in it,
Yes, what a miracle worker!
Squirrel sings songs
Yes, he keeps nibbling on nuts;
And nuts are not simple,
The shells are golden.
The cores are pure emerald;
The squirrel is groomed and protected.
There's another miracle:
The sea will swell violently,
It will boil, it will howl,
It rushes onto the empty shore,
Will splash in a quick run,
And they will find themselves on the shore,
In scales, like the heat of grief,
Thirty-three heroes
All the handsome men are daring,
Young giants
Everyone is equal, as if by selection -
Uncle Chernomor is with them.
And there is no more reliable guard,
Neither braver nor more diligent.
And the prince has a wife,
What you can't take your eyes off:
During the day the light of God is eclipsed,
At night it illuminates the earth;
The moon shines under the scythe,
And in the forehead the star is burning.
Prince Guidon rules that city,
Everyone praises him diligently;
He sent you his regards,
Yes, he blames you:
He promised to visit us,
But I haven’t gotten around to it yet.”

At this point the king could not resist,
He ordered the fleet to be equipped.
And the weaver with the cook,
With in-law Babarikha
They don't want to let the king in
A wonderful island to visit.
But Saltan does not listen to them
And it just calms them down:
"What am I? king or child? -
He says not jokingly -
I’m going now!” - Here he stomped,
He went out and slammed the door.

Guidon sits under the window,
Silently looks at the sea:
It doesn’t make noise, it doesn’t whip,
Only barely trembles.
And in the azure distance
Ships appeared:
Along the Okiyan plains
Tsar Saltan's fleet is on its way.
Prince Guidon then jumped up,
He cried loudly:
“My dear mother!
You, young princess!
Look there:
Father is coming here."
The fleet is already approaching the island.
Prince Guidon blows the trumpet:
The king is standing on deck
And he looks at them through the pipe;
With him is a weaver and a cook,
With his in-law Babarikha;
They are surprised
To the unknown side.
The cannons were fired at once;
The bell towers began to ring;
Guidon himself goes to the sea;
There he meets the king
With the cook and the weaver,
With his in-law Babarikha;
He led the king into the city,
Without saying anything.

Everyone now goes to the wards:
The armor shines at the gate,
And stand in the eyes of the king
Thirty-three heroes
All the handsome men are young,
Daring giants
Everyone is equal, as if by selection,
Uncle Chernomor is with them.
The king stepped into the wide courtyard:
There under the tall tree
The squirrel sings a song
The golden nut gnaws
Emerald takes out
And puts it in a bag;
And the large yard is sown
Golden shell.
Guests are far away - hurriedly
They look - so what? Princess - miracle:
The moon shines under the scythe,
And in the forehead the star burns:
And she herself is majestic,
Performs like a peahen
And she leads her mother-in-law.
The king looks and finds out...
Zealousness surged within him!
"What I see? what's happened?
How!" - and the spirit began to occupy him...
The king burst into tears,
He hugs the queen
And son, and young lady,
And everyone sits down at the table;
And the merry feast began.
And the weaver with the cook,
With in-law Babarikha
They fled to the corners;
They were found there by force.
Here they confessed everything,
They apologised, burst into tears;
Such a king for joy
Sent all three home.
The day has passed - Tsar Saltan
They went to bed half drunk.
I was there; honey, drank beer -
And he just wet his mustache.

ON THE. Rimsky-Korsakov opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”

Fairytale opera by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov was written by him on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of A. S. Pushkin and, according to the composer himself, was one of his favorite musical works. He himself admitted in letters to friends that he was overcome by pride and admiration for his own creativity.

Brief summary of Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” and many interesting facts Read about this work on our page.

Summary

The plot of the tale begins in the city of Tmutarakan. The king, passing under the windows of the hut, accidentally heard the conversation of three sisters and became very interested in it. But most of all he liked the speech of his younger sister and her desire to give birth to a hero. He immediately invited them to live in the palace, and chose the third sister as his wife. But as often happens in fairy tales, the other two girls, out of envy, decided to take revenge on her. As soon as the tsar left for war, they wrote him a letter in which they reported that the empress had given birth to an “unknown little animal.” Of course it's like that unexpected news upset him greatly. Through the efforts of the sisters, young Militris and her newborn son were immediately imprisoned in a barrel and released into the open sea.

When the waves washed a large barrel to the shore of Buyan Island, the prisoners were finally able to be free. Guidon, who had noticeably matured, immediately went in search of prey. Suddenly he heard the cry of the Swan Princess, who was being chased by the evil Kite. Guidon struck the insidious villain and, in gratitude for this, Swan promised to repay the young man with good.

Early in the morning, Militrisa and Guidon saw that the thick fog had cleared and the wonderful city of Ledenets appeared as if by magic. Residents began to warmly welcome dear guests and asked Guidon to reign in their wonderful city. However, the young man is not happy, because all this time he does not stop thinking about his father and is very sad, hoping to at least someday be able to see him. The Swan Princess promised to help him in this matter. Thanks to her magical power, Guidon was able to turn into a bumblebee and went on a ship to Tmutarakan to meet Father Saltan. There, from rich merchants, he learned about unusual miracles: a squirrel singing songs, sea knights, and a beautiful princess. Returning to Buyan Island, Guidon again turned to the Swan Princess for help. And in this case, she was able to help him by introducing him to the squirrel and the brave knights with Chernomor. When Guidon asked to help him find the beautiful princess, the Swan-bird revealed her main secret. It turned out that she is this beautiful princess! Now nothing could interfere with the happiness of the lovers and Militris joyfully blessed them.

At this time, Saltan’s ship arrived on the island along with the king and his entire retinue. The long-awaited guests entered Guidon’s luxurious palace and became acquainted with unknown wonders. The surprised Saltan immediately asked to be introduced to the queen and, to his great joy, recognized in her his beloved wife Militrisa, and in Guidon his son, whom he no longer hoped to ever meet. The insidious traitorous sisters immediately began to beg for mercy, fearing that severe punishment awaited them, but Tsar Saltan forgave them.

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Interesting Facts

• When conductor V. Safonov received the score from the composer for review in order to perform " music pictures", then immediately sent him a telegram. In the message, he admitted that he had been reading this work all night, while admiring the genius of the author. (We are talking about the mastery of Rimsky-Korsakov’s orchestration)
• It is noteworthy that in the opera the composer used a genuine lullaby, and he himself Rimsky-Korsakov admitted that it was once sung to him and his children.This is a lullaby for baby Guidon.
• Music critic Vasily Yastrebtsev called “Saltan” the Russian “Siegfried”.
• This performance continues the line that originates in the works “Scheherazade” and “ Sadko" This is the theme of the sea and marine images.
• The composer actively participated in the process of staging the opera and he managed to convince the director to exclude mechanical dolls on stage in the roles of the squirrel and bumblebee. As a result, these roles were assigned to children at the insistence of Rimsky-Korsakov.
• The legendary and popular "Flight of the Bumblebee" from the third act became business card both the composer himself and many virtuoso performers who happily perform it as an encore.
• Do you know that Rimsky-Korsakov for his operas uses fairy tales came up with his own special mode, which is called diminished? With the help of such new paint, the composer emphasized the mysterious and fantastic images in his works.
• The author himself called his score a “guide to tricks” due to its unusual orchestration
• At the premiere show, the role of the Princess was performed by singer Nadezhda Zabela, the wife of artist Mikhail Vrubel, who designed the scenery for the play.

Popular numbers

Aria of the Swan Princess from Act II - listen

Three miracles (Squirrel, 33 heroes, Swan) - listen

Flight of the Bumblebee - listen

History of creation

The opera is based on “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” by A. Pushkin; the libretto was written by V. I. Belsky. It is noteworthy that it was this librettist who was the composer’s permanent author after the opera “Sadko”.

There is information that the maestro submitted the idea of ​​writing a fairy-tale opera based on this plot famous critic V. Stasov. Already in the winter of 1898, Rimsky-Korsakov actively began to develop the script, and the following year he took up the music. Thus, in the fall of 1899 the opera was written in full, and at the beginning of 1900 the score was completed. While working on the play, there was constant correspondence between the author and Belsky and they discussed everything important points concerning opera. Thus, Rimsky-Korsakov was forced to reject some of Belsky’s proposals, for example, the proposal to add realism to Guidon due to his desire to take his own life if he did not find the beautiful Princess anywhere. Belsky also proposed showing Guidon the child using exaggerated childish intonations. But Rimsky-Korsakov greeted some of the librettist’s ideas with enthusiasm - the planned dramatic plan, the emphasis on the appearance scene magical city. By the way, it was this scene that created a real sensation during the premiere, partly thanks to Vrubel, who designed the scenery.

It is noteworthy that the composer intended the opera to be as close as possible to the original source, but at the same time it contains a number of significant differences. Rimsky-Korsakov deliberately strengthened beautiful image The Swan Princess and maximized the satirical line in the images of Saltan, Babarikha and her sisters, ridiculing their vices. The performance is replete with folk life, festive festivities and buffoons.

“The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of his son, the glorious and mighty hero Prince Gvidon Saltanovich, and of the beautiful Swan Princess” (shortened version of the title - "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" ) - a fairy tale in verse by A. S. Pushkin. Created in 1831, and first published a year later.

Initially, Pushkin wanted to alternate poetry with prose when writing a fairy tale, but later abandoned this idea. “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” is written in trochaic tetrameter with paired rhymes: in those days “imitations” of folk poetry were often written in this way.

Plot

One late evening three sisters were spinning. Talking to each other, they dream about what each of them would do if she suddenly became a queen. The first of them promises to arrange a feast for the whole world, the second promises to weave linen, and the third promises to give birth to a hero “for the father-king.” At this moment, Tsar Saltan himself enters the room. Before that, he overheard the sisters’ conversation under the window, and most of all he liked the dream of the last of them. It is to her that Saltan offers to become queen and bear him a son. He invites the other two sisters to move to his palace as a cook and weaver.

The elder sisters of the newly-minted queen were jealous younger sister. They wrote a letter to the king (while the latter was at war) that the queen gave birth to him “an unknown little animal.” The queen herself and the born baby are walled up in a barrel and thrown into the sea, citing a non-existent letter from the king.

However, soon the barrel is taken out to desert island. The queen and her already matured son, a young man of about twenty - Tsarevich Guidon, come out of the barrel. In order to feed his mother, Guidon makes a bow and arrow and goes to the sea to shoot birds. A picture opens before him: a kite attacked white swan. The prince kills the kite, and in gratitude for saving his life, the swan promises him its help. A city appears on an empty island, and Guidon becomes its ruler.

Sea merchants sail past the island and admire the beauty of the new city. Upon arrival in the kingdom of Saltan, they tell the king about the wonderful city and invite him on behalf of Prince Guidon to visit. The prince himself, having turned (with the help of a swan) into a mosquito, sails with the merchants to his father and listens to this conversation.

But one of the envious sisters, the cook, tells Saltan about a new wonder of the world: a singing squirrel that lives under a spruce tree and gnaws nuts with emeralds and golden shells. Tsar Saltan, having heard about the new miracle, refuses to go to Prince Guidon. For this, the mosquito stings the cook in the right eye. After returning, Prince Guidon tells the white swan about the magic squirrel. Under the spruce tree a singing squirrel appears, for which he (that is, the prince) builds a crystal house.

The next time, the merchants tell Tsar Saltan about the singing squirrel and convey a new invitation from Prince Guidon. The prince himself, whom this time the swan turned into a fly, listens to another conversation. The Weaver talks about 33 heroes emerging from the sea, led by uncle Chernomor. Tsar Saltan, having heard about the new miracle, again refuses the trip, for which a fly stings the weaver in the left eye. At home, Prince Guidon tells the white swan about the 33 heroes, and they appear on the island.

And again the merchants tell Tsar Saltan about miracles, about 33 heroes and convey a new invitation from Prince Guidon. The prince himself, whom this time the swan turned into a bumblebee, listens to this conversation. The matchmaker, Babarikha, talks about a princess who eclipses “the light of God during the day,” with a moon under her braid and a burning star in her forehead. Tsar Saltan, having heard about the new miracle, refuses the trip for the third time. For this, the bumblebee stings Babarikha on the nose.

After returning, Prince Guidon tells the white swan about the beautiful princess. The Swan again fulfills the wish of Prince Guidon, because the princess with the star in her forehead is her. As a result, Tsar Saltan sets off on a journey to the island of Prince Guidon. Upon arrival, he recognizes his wife in the queen, and his son and daughter-in-law in the young prince and princess. To celebrate, he forgives the evil sisters. A cheerful feast is arranged for the whole world, and everyone lives happily and richly.

Origin of the plot

“The Tale of Tsar Saltan” is a free adaptation of a folk tale that was written down by Pushkin in two various options. The author did not follow any of them exactly, freely changed and supplemented the plot, while maintaining folk character content. The long title of the tale imitates the titles of popular popular print narratives common in the 18th century. The work itself used characters borrowed from folk tales. Such as for example magical image Princess Swan, which has a response in the image of Vasilisa the Wise.

The plot of the tale resembles that of the "Tale of Constance" ("The Lawyer's Tale", "The Lawyer's Tale") from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The borrowing of this plot directly from Chaucer was proven in the work of E. Anichkova, however, this work caused negative criticism by M. K. Azadovsky (“Sources of Pushkin’s Fairy Tales”) and R. M. Volkov, who denied direct borrowing of the plot from Chaucer, but noted the similarities separate places with him Pushkin's fairy tale. Russian folk tale“Knee-deep in gold, elbow-deep in silver,” recorded by Alexander Afanasyev in 5 versions. In the comments to the 1984-1985 edition, L. G. Barag and N. V. Novikov describe the widest prevalence of this plot. In particular, Carlo Gozzi used (before Pushkin) this plot in the play “The Green Bird”.

On the 22nd, at noon, Pierre was walking uphill along a dirty, slippery road, looking at his feet and at the unevenness of the path. From time to time he glanced at the familiar crowd surrounding him, and again at his feet. Both were equally his own and familiar to him. The lilac, bow-legged Gray ran merrily along the side of the road, occasionally, as proof of his agility and contentment, pressing hind paw and jumping on three and then again on all four, rushing with barking at the crows that were sitting on the carrion. Gray was more fun and smoother than in Moscow. On all sides lay the meat of various animals - from human to horse, in various degrees decomposition; and the wolves were kept away by the walking people, so Gray could eat as much as he wanted.
It had been raining since the morning, and it seemed that it would pass and clear the sky, but after a short stop the rain began to fall even more heavily. The rain-saturated road no longer absorbed water, and streams flowed along the ruts.
Pierre walked, looking around, counting steps in threes, and counting on his fingers. Turning to the rain, he internally said: come on, come on, give it more, give it more.
It seemed to him that he was not thinking about anything; but far and deep somewhere his soul thought something important and comforting. This was something of a subtle spiritual extract from his conversation with Karataev yesterday.
Yesterday, at a night halt, chilled by the extinguished fire, Pierre stood up and moved to the nearest, better-burning fire. By the fire, to which he approached, Plato was sitting, covering his head with an overcoat like a chasuble, and telling the soldiers in his argumentative, pleasant, but weak, painful voice a story familiar to Pierre. It was already past midnight. This was the time at which Karataev usually recovered from a feverish attack and was especially animated. Approaching the fire and hearing Plato’s weak, painful voice and seeing his pitiful face brightly illuminated by the fire, something unpleasantly pricked Pierre’s heart. He was frightened by his pity for this man and wanted to leave, but there was no other fire, and Pierre, trying not to look at Plato, sat down near the fire.

“What a delight these fairy tales are! - Pushkin exclaimed - “Everyone is a poem.” And he not only exclaimed, but also wrote an entire cycle, which we today call “Pushkin’s Fairy Tales.”

And one of the pearls not only of this cycle, but of Pushkin’s entire poetic heritage is “The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of his glorious and mighty hero Gvidon Saltanovich, and of the beautiful Swan Princess.” Where did our inspiration come from? great poet, creating this work in which folklore motives intricately intertwined with his own author's imagination?

Plot

“The Tale of Tsar Saltan” was written by Pushkin in 1831. It is believed that he drew the plot from fairy tales told by his nanny Arina Rodionovna. Indeed, Arina Rodionova (exactly so, since the family called the nanny by her patronymic, Rodionovna) - a serf of the Hannibal family, came from the northern Russian lands, which preserved many ancient stories and names in their folklore. According to some reports, she was of Izhorian origin. But even if so, it is not too important, since she apparently felt Russian. It was the nanny’s speech, her fairy tales and jokes that became for Pushkin an inexhaustible well of Russian national poetry. It was she who told Alexander Sergeevich fairy tales“Knee-deep in gold, elbow-deep in silver”, “Singing tree, living water and the Talking Bird,” as well as “The Tale of the Three Princesses, Sisters.” The names here are given from collections of Russian fairy tales made by Afanasyev and Onchukov. And, of course, we don’t know what Arina Rodionovna called these stories. In these tales, Pushkin gleaned the main motifs of the future masterpiece: a conversation between three sisters overheard by the tsar, the birth of a wonderful baby, a slander of envious women, as a result of which the queen and her child are thrown into the water in a barrel, the wonderful wonders of a distant sea island, 30 knights guarding this island and etc. However, Pushkin’s sources are not limited to Russian folklore alone. The story of a slandered mother and wonderful children is very popular and is found in fairy tales all over the world. Often these motifs received literary treatment. Thus, Pushkin was, of course, familiar with the fairy tale of the French Baroness d'Aunois "The Princess of Belle-Etoile", which tells the story of a wonderful maiden with a star, as well as with "The Lawman's Narrative" from " Canterbury Tales", Where we're talking about about the slandered daughter of the emperor, sent in a boat to the will of the waves.

Names

There are few proper names in the fairy tale. These are Saltan, Gvidon, Princess Swan and matchmaker Babarikha. Pushkin simply calls the remaining characters a queen, a weaver, a cook, etc. What is the origin of the names?

Saltan is obviously a popular popular print “Tsar-Sultan”, a character well known to the Russian people since the times endless wars with the Turks. Everyone knew that somewhere far away there was mighty kingdom, ruled by "Tsar Saltan".

Guidon is a name borrowed from the popular print cycle “About Beauvais the Prince,” which is a reworking of the European chivalric novel. Guidon in this cycle is the name of Bova's father. Apparently, Guidon is a derivative of Italian name Guido. Experts see in this pair “Saltan - Guidon” an opposition “East - West”.

The Swan Princess is entirely a child of Pushkin's author's imagination. In none of the versions of the fairy tales about the slandered wife and her wonderful child is there a word about a beautiful werewolf maiden. Apparently, the image of the Swan Princess was born under the influence of such characters as Vasilisa the Wise or Sophia the Wise and the French princess Belle Etoile.

Baba Babarikha. This character was taken by the poet, probably from Russian conspiracies, in which there is a certain Babarikha, “who sits on a stone on the blue sea, holds a hardened frying pan to burn and scorch ailments.”

Geography

“The Kingdom of the Glorious Saltan” does not have any geographical reference. But the island on which the queen and prince Gvidon find themselves has a name - Buyan. And regarding its origin, experts have several versions.

Firstly, Buyan Island has common features with a wonderful kingdom located somewhere overseas, which is found in the folklore of almost all European peoples.

Secondly, Buyan Island is sometimes associated with the Solovetsky Islands. The fact is that the famous Solovetsky Monastery did not appear on the island overnight, of course, but rather quickly. And, according to researchers, it became the cause of considerable surprise for sailors. They swam and swam past a deserted island, and suddenly they saw on it “a new city with a palace, with golden-domed churches, with towers and gardens.”

And finally, the most popular version connects the folklore island of Buyan with the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea. There, on Rügen, on Cape Arkona, in ancient times there was a sanctuary of the Slavic pagan deity Sventovit (Svyatovit). Rügen was inhabited by Slavs, and this skeleton was probably an important spiritual, sacred center Slavic world. There were also chalk stones in abundance on Rügen, hence, apparently, the image of the Alatyr stone in popular beliefs. Many conspiracies begin with the words: “On the Okiyan sea, on the island of Buyan there is a white-flammable stone Alatyr...”. Pushkin, of course, heard from his nanny fairy tales and conspiracies in which Buyan Island was mentioned.

The fairy tale was written by A. S. Pushkin. According to the plot of the fairy tale, Tsar Saltan gets married, as a result of which the Tsars had a son, Guidon, and his adventures and meeting with the Swan Princess are described. The work is written in the form of a poem, making it very easy to read. The plot of the tale is interesting and exciting. The fairy tale is loved by both young children and adults. Based on the work, films and cartoons have been released, and performances have been staged.

A.S. Pushkin wrote the work in 1831. And for the first time it was published in 1832 in the writer’s “Poems”. The work is based on another Russian folk tale, and the prototypes of many of the characters in the work can also be found in oral history. folk art. A. Pushkin wrote the first entry for the future fairy tale back in 1922.

Fairy tale heroes

• Queen. Mother of Guidon and wife of Tsar Saltan. It was from the three girls who were “spinning late in the evening” that she decided to give birth to a Bogatyr for the Tsar. Positive fairy tale character. She is honest, patient and kind.
• Tsar Saltan. Father of Tsarevich Guidon. A kind character with a gentle character, quite good-natured. Main character works.
• Tsarevich Guidon. Brave and strong hero. With the help of determination he achieves his main goals. Not afraid of difficulties. The main character of the fairy tale. In fact, the entire fairy tale is built around his adventures. Son of Tsar Saltan.
• Swan Princess. She was the sister of thirty-three heroes. A real sorceress. Wise and generous. main character fairy tales. Guidon's meeting with the sorceress - good sign in a fairy tale.
• Thirty-three heroes and their leader, Uncle Chernomor.
• Weaver. Sister of the Queen. Counts negative character fairy tales. Envious, touchy, angry.
• Cook. Second sister of the Queen. Negative character of the work. Has hatred and cruelty.
• Barbarikha. Like Tkachina and Povorikha, they are considered evil, negative characters in fairy tales.
• Squirrel, which gnaws golden nuts with emerald kernels. The most ineresting positive character fairy tales. The creature is kind and magical.