For Boris Asafyev's ballet of the same name, see The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (ballet)
The Fountain of Bakhchisaray (also commonly known as "The Fountain of Bakchisarai") is a poem by Alexander Pushkin, written 1821-1823.

Pushkin began creating "The Fountain of Bakhchisaray" in the spring of 1821, after having visited The Fountain of Tears at the Khan Palace in Bakhchisaray

Bakhchisaray

Bakhchisaray is a town in Central Crimea, centre of the Bakhchisaray raion , best known as the former capital of the Crimean Khanate...

 in 1820. The bulk of the poem was written during 1822. In spring 1823, the entry draft was completed. During the autumn of 1823, the poem received its final finishing and was prepared for printing. The first edition of "The Fountain of Bakhchisaray" was published March 10, 1824.

In 1909-1910, a short film based on the poem was created by Yakov Protazanov

Yakov Protazanov

Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov was Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia....

. In 1934, Boris Asafyev created a ballet of the same name, also inspired by Pushkin's work, and Alexander Ilyinsky

Alexander Ilyinsky

Alexander Alexandrovich Ilyinsky was a Russian music teacher and composer, best known for the Lullaby , Op. 13, No. 7, from his orchestral suite "Noure and Anitra", and for the opera The Fountain of Bakhchisaray set to Pushkin's poem of the same name.Alexander Ilyinsky was born in Tsarskoye Selo...

composed an opera (1911) based on the poem.