thumb|An illustration for the poem sketched by PushkinTazit () is an unfinished Russian narrative poem by Alexander Pushkin, composed in late 1829 and early 1830 and first published in 1837, after Pushkin's death. One of several works by Pushkin set in the Caucasus, its eponymous hero is a young Circassian man who is renounced by his father for refusing to avenge his brother. The poem ends with the exiled Tazit asking his beloved's father for his daughter's hand in marriage. Some more verses for the poem found in Pushkin's manuscript draft describe Tazit's rejection by his beloved's father and
thumb|An illustration for the poem sketched by PushkinTazit () is an unfinished Russian narrative poem by Alexander Pushkin, composed in late 1829 and early 1830 and first published in 1837, after Pushkin's death. One of several works by Pushkin set in the Caucasus, its eponymous hero is a young Circassian man who is renounced by his father for refusing to avenge his brother. The poem ends with the exiled Tazit asking his beloved's father for his daughter's hand in marriage. Some more verses for the poem found in Pushkin's manuscript draft describe Tazit's rejection by his beloved's father and his subsequent loneliness. Pushkin also wrote outlines for the further development of the story which suggest that Tazit meets a missionary, possibly converting to Christianity, then dies during a war between the Circassians and Russians. The story of the poem may have been inspired by a secondary plotline in the Walter Scott novel The Fair Maid of Perth.
== Synopsis == The poem opens with the Circassians mourning the murdered son of an old man, Gasub. After the burial, Gasub's other son, Tazit, returns to the village after being raised by a Chechen outsider since infancy. Tazit feels out of place in his native village and spends most of his time wandering in the wilderness and listening to the sounds of nature. Gasub is unhappy with his son, whom he expected to have been raised as a brave and clever warrior. He twice scolds his son, first for not attacking an Armenian merchant on the road, then for not catching an escaped slave. After the second scolding, Tazit leaves the village and returns after three days. He reveals to his father that he encountered the murderer of his brother, but did not kill him because he was wounded and defenseless. Enraged, Gasub calls Tazit a coward for refusing to avenge his brother. He renounces Tazit and tells him to leave. Gasub falls asleep, then wakes in the night and calls for Tazit but receives no answer. In another village, Tazit falls in love with a local girl whom he saw in the mountains. Sometime later, he asks her father for her hand in marriage. (The first published version of the poem ends here.)
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