The tradition of creating Russian satirical tales by writers started with Saltykov-Shchedrin and was continued by M. Gor`kii. Here is a new collection of Russian satirical tales by popular modern writer Dmitrii Bykov and his wife Irina Luk`ianova.
Valerii Paniushkin, one of the best Russian journalists, reconstructs the traits of Russian character from its folklore. Many Russian tales known from one`s childhood, are presented from a new and unusual angle.
[ Belorussian folk weaving ] Минск: Наука и техника, 1981 Язык: Русский
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This monograph studies the evolution of Belorussian folk weaving from the mid 19th century to the late 20th century. The author describes the main phases of this process: raw material and traditional methods of its processing, making a fabric, types of fabrics and their use.
This monograph studies the ideas of Slavic chroniclers and scholars, as well as contemporary German, Swedish and Italian authors of Early Modern times (The turn of the 15th-16th century-beginning of 18th century) about the emergence of the Slavic super-ethnic entity (ethno-genesis of the first level) and its succeeding division into separate Slavic entities (ethno-genesis of the second level) Includes bibliographic references and name index.
This is the eighth volume of the collected works of V. Propp, a well known Russian scholar in the history of folklore. This volume contains thirty articles on the history of folklore studies, interaction of oral culture with literature and visual arts.
Kholui, known throughout the world as a center of papier-mache lacquer miniatures and icon painting, is one of the oldest settlements near the city of Vladimir-Suzdal`skii. This album includes their works from the 17th century to date: icons, boxes, caskets, jewelry.