RUSSIAN FOLK FAIRY TALES

Russian Folk Fairy Tales is a wonderful collection ofthe most famous Russian fairy tales.The “Russian skazki” (“skazatz” means to tell) arethe mass of folk-tales distributed widely throughoutall the Russias. Handed down, by constant repetition,from generation to generation, a possession commonto peasant’s hut and Prince’s palace from a time whenhistory did not exist, they are to-day, from Archangelto the Black Sea, and from Siberia to the Baltic, almostas much a part of the life of the people as the languageitself.Famous Russian fairy tales are Vasilisa the Beautiful,Sister Alenushka, brother Ivanushka, The Tale of IvanTsarevich and the Gray Wolf, Marya Morevna, PrincessFrog or Frog-tsarevna, Finist Clear Falcon’s feather orFinist the Falcon.