1108815 A scene from Mikhail Glinka??? opera \'Ruslan and Lyudmila\' staged at the State Academic Bolshoi Theater, 1978 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ruslan and Lyudmila (Russian: ???郅訄郇 邽 ??迡邾邽郅訄, Ruslan i Lyudmila) is an opera in five acts (eight tableaux) composed by Mikhail Glinka between 1837 and 1842. The opera is based on the 1820 poem of the same name by Alexander Pushkin. The Russian libretto was written by Valerian Shirkov, Nestor Kukolnik and N. A. Markevich, among others. Pushkin\'s death in the famous duel prevented him from writing the libretto himself as planned.); Sputnik; Russian, out of copyright.