URuslan noLudmila yinkondlo ka-1820 ebhalwe ngu Alexander Pushkin, kubhekwe njengomunye wababhali abaphambili bezincwadi zaseRussia zaso sonke isikhathi. Le nkondlo ibhalwe sengathi bekuyinsumansumane enamagama amakhulu futhi yakhiwe izingoma eziyisithupha ne-epilogue.
Indaba ibuyisa ukuthunjwa kukaLudmila, indodakazi yenkosana UVladimir waseKiev, ezandleni zomthakathi onamandla omnyama kanye nohambo lwe knight Ruslan ukuyomhlenga.
UPushkin waqala ukubhala le nkondlo ngo-1817 ngenkathi ehambele i- UTsarskoye Selo Imperial Lyceum. Wagqugquzelwa yizindaba ezehlukene zendabuko ayezizwile ngesikhathi esemncane futhi waba nezinkinga ezithile ekushicileleni le nkondlo kusukela lapho iphuma okokuqala ngo-1820 wayesekudingisweni eningizimu yezwe ngenxa yokuveza imibono yakhe yezepolitiki njengakwi i-ode Libertad.
Ngo-1828 kwashicilelwa inguqulo yalo mbhalo eyayithandwa kakhulu. Ukubaluleka kukaRuslan noLudmila eRussia kudale imisebenzi ebalulekile efana ne-opera engaziwa nguMikhail Glinka (1842), ifilimu ekhiqizwa yiSoviet Union ngo-1972, nefilimu esuselwa ku-opera kaGlinka, ukubala izibonelo ezimbalwa.