Russian Fairy

Arthur Ransome (1884-1967) wrote Old Peter's Russian Tales while he was in Russia during the First World War, prior to becoming a war correspondent for The Manchester Guardian. There are 22 stories in all and are told by Old Peter at the behest of his grandchildren, Ivan and Maroosia, in a cozy log cabin in the middle of the forest. These are delightful re-tellings in Ransome's own words of Russian folk tales, and include stories such as "The Little Snow Girl", "Baba Yaga", "Frost", and "Salt".

Come in and sample an entirely different sort of fairy tale - coming to you from a faraway land and written by authors of whom you have never heard.

Russkaja narodnaja skazka - proizvedenie ustnogo tvorchestva russkogo naroda, odin iz vidov fol'klornoj prozy. V russkih skazkah russkij narod pytalsja vyskazat' svoe nacional'noe mirooshhushhenie, nastavit' svoih detej v pervobytnoj, no glubokoj zhiznennoj mudrosti, - razreshaja lezhavshie na ego serdce zhiznennye, nravstvennye, semejnye, bytovye i gosudarstvennye voprosy.

The Russian fairy tale about Tsarevich Ivan and his wife, Vasilisa the Wise, who was enchanted to be a frog, was recorded by the renowned folklorist Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev (1826–1871), who collected and published more than 600 Russian folk tales in the middle 19th century.

Marya Morevna is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki. Marya was a warrior queen who ruled a small kingdom and for some 10 years, kept Koschei the Deathless a captive in her castle's tower. The character Koschei is an evil immortal man who menaces young women with his magic.She fell in love with Ivan Tsarevitch, and while she was away on a campaign, he accidentally released Koschei. The evil wizard then abducted the queen and Ivan Tsarevitch was forced to find some way to kill him. Ivan was successful and was reunited with Marya.

The Tale of Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf is a Russian fairy tale collected by a Russian Slavist and ethnographer Alexander Afanasyev. A king's apple tree bore golden apples, but every night, one was stolen. Guards reported that the Firebird stole them. The king told his two oldest sons that the one who caught the bird would receive half his kingdom and be his heir. They drew lots to see who would be first, but both fell asleep; they tried to claim it had not come, but it had stolen an apple. Finally Ivan Tsarevich, the youngest son, asked to try; his father was reluctant because of his youth but consented.

Finist Clear Falcon 's feather is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki (1855-1863). The story of a daughter who asks only for a scarlet flower when her father goes to market, instead of the luxuries her two sisters ask for. Two times her father forgets; the third time, he buys a scarlet flower from a mysterious old man as long as the daughter agrees to marry his son, Finist the Falcon. This sets in motion a tale of love, jealousy, and adventure as the two overcome many obstacles to their love.

Sister Alenushka, brother Ivanushka is a Russian fairy tale collected by Russian Slavist and ethnographer Alexander Afanasyev. A classic Russian fairy tale about Alyonushka and her naughty brother turned into a goatling.

Collection of funny animal tales. There is not a single child in the whole world who would not like fairy tales! Especially folk tales transmitted from generation to generation. The wise Russian people composed many fairy tales: funny and sad, magical and everyday, long and short, fairy tales for the youngest children and older children.

Vpervye vse skazki i stihi dlja detej vydajushhegosja russkogo pojeta, publicista, literaturnogo kritika, perevodchika, literaturoveda, detskogo pisatelja i zhurnalista Korneja Ivanovicha Chukovskogo (nastojashhee imja Nikolaj Kornejchukov) (1882 - 1969). Na skazkah i stihah Korneja Chukovskogo - dobryh, veselyh, umnyh, pouchitel'nyh, blistatel'no napisannyh, vospitany mnogie pokolenija detej v nashej strane.

In 1913, Arthur Ransome traveled to Russia to explore Russian folklore. The result of his studies was the publication of retellings (rather than translations) of a number of stories, including The Soldier and Death, which first appeared in 1920.

Два долгих дня, пешком, идет красноармеец Никита Фирсов в родную деревню. В родительском доме встречает его только отец, мать умерла, так и не дождавшись любимого сына с войны. На следующий день происходит встреча Никиты с подругой детства - Любой.

Юлия Верклова — глянцево-медицинский журналист, кандидат философских наук. История любого народа — это в первую очередь история его еды. И весь так называемый фольклор — это поэтизированное добывание пищи.

Milliardy zvezd useivajut nebosvod i vokrug nih vrashhajutsja beschislennye planety, na kotoryh vozmozhna zhizn', no zachem hodit' tak daleko? Drugie miry gorazdo blizhe - stoit sdelat' odin shag. Odin neostorozhnyj shag mozhet privesti v chuzhoj mir, gde vy najdete jel'fov i orkov, gnomov, drakonov i prochih skazochnyh personazhej, kak pohozhih na ih klassicheskoe opisanie, tak i ne ochen'.

"Жестокая сказка" - фантастический роман Александра Сапегина, третья книга цикла "Дороги сказок", жанр боевое фэнтези, попаданцы. Приключения Андрея - Керра продолжаются. Новый мир продолжает испытывать Андрея на прочность, который раз за разом убеждается на собственной шкуре, что магическая вселенная совсем не похожа на сказки, прочитанные в детстве, а если и похожа, то на истории Братьев Грим....

Alexander Sergeyevich was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian literature.

В аудиокнигу, записанную в студии "Ардис", вошли известные арабские народные сказки в пересказе для детей, сделанном писателем Н.А.Митьковым.

Сборник чудесных рождественских сказок пера всеми любимого Ганса Христиана Андерсена — что еще нужно, чтобы провести уютный зимний вечер? Захватывающее повествование одного из известнейших детских писателей унесет вас в мир волшебства.

"Три войны. том 1: Корона из рогов" - фантастический роман Александра Сапегина, цикл "Дороги сказок", жанр боевое фэнтези, попаданцы. Дороги магических миров извилисты, тяжелы и тернисты. В поисках пути в родной мир будь готов оказаться от него ещё дальше. Андрей познал эту истину на собственной шкуре. Одно необдуманное заклинание и ты оказываешься ещё дальше от намеченной цели.

The fourth installment of Russian Collection for Kids features stories that begin in everyday life and end in magic. Their main characters are children - boys and girls thrown into tough circumstances and having to test the limits of their courage and ingenuity to solve problems without grown-up help.