Ruslan
Руслан
A literary name, derived from an older Turkic hero Yeruslan, used by the Russian writer Aleksandr Pushkin.
Meaning and origin
Ruslan is most famously the protagonist of the 1820 poem "Ruslan and Ludmila" by Aleksandr Pushkin, one of Russia's greatest literary works.
How to pronounce Ruslan
| Russian | ROOS-lun /ˈrʊsləɲ/ |
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