Russia
Russian Folk Tales
Ages 6-8
Dimian The Peasant
Dimian The Peasant: [Illustration] Not long ago, or perchance very long ago, I do not know for sure, there lived in a village, some place in Russia, a peasant
Russian Folk Tales
All Ages
Woe Bogotir
A Russian peasant folk tale of two brothers — one rich, one poor — and how the poor one outwits Woe (Gore), the gaunt grey personification of Misfortune who has come to live in his house. Translated by Verra Xenophontovna Kalamatiano de Blumenthal in Folk Tales from the Russian (1903) from Afanasyev's Narodnye russkie skazki. ATU 735A 'Bad Luck Imprisoned.'
Russian Folk Tales
All Ages
Ivanoushka The Simpleton
Ivanoushka The Simpleton: [Illustration] In a kingdom far away from our country, there was a town over which ruled the Tsar Pea with his Tsaritza Carrot.
Russian Folk Tales
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The Language Of The Birds
The Language Of The Birds: [Illustration] Somewhere in a town in holy Russia, there lived a rich merchant with his wife. He had an only son, a dear, bright
Russian Folk Tales
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Seven Simeons
Seven Simeons: [Illustration] In an empire, in a country beyond many seas and islands, beyond high mountains, beyond large rivers, upon a level expanse, as if
Russian Folk Tales
All Ages
The Tsarevna Frog
The Tsarevna Frog: [Illustration] In an old, old Russian tsarstvo, I do not know when, there lived a sovereign prince with the princess his wife. They had