published with dots representing omitted verses and songs in many sections. The tale is meant to be a satire on the absurdities of Russian feudal and bureaucratic life at the time. The poem became very popular in Soviet Russia and there are numerous editions and adaptations. Today it is considered a classic children's fairy tale. Derived works include a 1941 film adaptation by Alexander Rou (1941), an animated film by Ivan Ivanov-Vano (1947/1975), a ballet by Cesare Pugni (1864), a ballet by Rodion Shchedrin (1955), a musical composition by E. Voegelin (2007), and a film by Oleg Pogodin (2021). An English translation by Louis Zellikoff was published in 1957. After The Humpbacked Horse was published in 1834, many people assumed Pyotr Yershov was a pseudonym of Pushkin's, as they were sure it was a Pushkin poem. Indeed, Pushkin besides assisting Yershov in editing the poem contributed the first four lines of the final version, За горами, за лесами, / За широкими морями, / Не на небе — на земле / Жил старик в одном селе." "Beyond the mountains, beyond the forests, beyond the deep seas, not in the sky — but on earth, there once lived an old man in a village." References External links Biography Alexander Zvereev ''He wrote more than only The Humpbacked Horse Biography Poem The Humpbacked Horse (Konek-Gorbunok) text and illustrations of 1964 The Humpbacked Horse (Konek-Gorbunok), 1976 edition illustrated by D. Dimitrev (Дмитрий Павлович Дмитриев, 1925-1980) 1815 births 1869 deaths People from Tyumen Oblast People from Ishimsky Uyezd Russian children's writers Russian male poets Russian satirists Schoolteachers from the Russian Empire Saint Petersburg State University alumni 19th-century poets from the Russian Empire 19th-century male writers from the Russian Empire ATU 500-559