The Blizzard

"The Blizzard" (or The Snow Storm) (Russian: Мете́ль, Metél' ) is the second of five short stories that constitute The Belkin Tales by Alexander Pushkin.

It was intended to be the last of The Belkin Tales to be published, but Pushkin decided to push the story to the front of the volume.

Being a petty land owner, he is too poor to pursue Masha's hand in marriage openly.

Vladimir's plans for marriage were brought to a halt by unfortunate circumstances (the blizzard, fatal injury during the war).

[8] Georgy Sviridov's suite ("musical illustrations to Alexander Pushkin's story"), while mostly unknown in the Americas, is very popular in Russia.

Portrait of Alexander Pushkin (Orest Kiprensky, 1827)
Illustration accompanying the French edition of the story, ca. 1843