name "ruslan"
The name Ruslan is not a russian. It is made popular by Pushkine with the poeme "Ruoslan and Lyudmila". The name is persian and comes from "Arslan" and means - leon. The name is used mostly in Iran, Chechenie, Kasahstan.Pushkine is of Mauritanian origine, that's why he use the name of "Rouslan".