Jabberwocky in Russian: Бармаглот
10 Apr 2020 · 1 min

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The video presents a Russian-language rendition of Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem “Jabberwocky,” re‑imagined with a host of invented Russian‑style words (e.g., “бармаглот,” “шарки,” “зелюки”). The speaker narrates a vivid, whimsical tale of a fearsome creature called the Barmaglot that roams the wild, the heroic boy who arms himself with a sword and shield, confronts the monster under a mysterious tree, and ultimately defeats it. The recitation preserves the original poem’s structure—opening warning, description of the beast, the hero’s journey, the climactic battle, and triumphant conclusion—while substituting English nonsense terms with Russian‑flavored equivalents, creating a playful linguistic bridge between the two cultures.










