Ruslan and Ludmila (Russian Edition) (Unabridged‪)‬

Pushkin began writing his first major work, Ruslan and Ludmila (1820), a kind of fairy story in verse, in 1817. It was based on Russian folktales told by his old nurse Arina Rodionovna. 

"On seashore far a green oak towers 

And to it with a gold chain bound 

A learned cat whiles away the hours 

By walking slowly round and round. 

To right he walks, and sings a ditty 

To left he walks, and tells a tale...." 

Please Note: This audiobook is in Russian.