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BoyPronounced Russian /rʊs.ˈɫan/; Belarusian /rus.ˈɫan/Belarusian language family

Ruslan

Form of Yeruslan used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem Ruslan and Ludmila, which was loosely based on Russian and Tatar folktales of Yeruslan Lazarevich.

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Ruslan is a boy name.

Pronunciation: Russian /rʊs.ˈɫan/; Belarusian /rus.ˈɫan/.

GenderBoy
PronunciationRussian /rʊs.ˈɫan/; Belarusian /rus.ˈɫan/
Language familyBelarusian

Meaning and history

Form of Yeruslan used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem Ruslan and Ludmila (1820), which was loosely based on Russian and Tatar folktales of Yeruslan Lazarevich.

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Usage: russian, tatar, bashkir, ukrainian, belarusian, kazakh, kyrgyz, uzbek, turkmen, azerbaijani, ossetian, chechen, ingush, avar, circassian, indonesian, malay | Russian: Руслан; Western Circassian: Руслъан

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