September 20, 2008

Russian Folklore

by The Editors

An Anthology of Russian Folk Epics
James Osler Bailey, Tatyana Avanova (Editor)

Paperback, 1st ed., 464pp.
Sharpe, M.e., Inc.
May 1999

Encyclopedia of Russian
and Slavic Myth and Legend
Mike Dixon-Kennedy

Hardcover, 392pp.
A B C-CLIO, Inc.
December 1998

Russian Gypsy Tales
James Riordan (Translator)
A. Gessler (Compiler)

Paperback, 160pp.
Interlink Publishing Group, Inc.
November 1992

Russian Fairy Tales
Alexander Nikolayevi Afanasyev

Paperback, 661pp.
Pantheon Books
June 1976

Russian Folk Belief
Linda J. Ivanits Sophie Schiller (Illustrator)
Foreword by Felix J. Oinas

Paperback, 257pp.
Sharpe, M.e., Inc.
June 1992

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The Samovar Murders

Book four in the Matyushkin Case Files series is finally here, and just in time for Christmas. Let's face it, Poirot, Marple, Gamache, Holmes – they would probably not have had what it took to survive detective-ing in 1960s Moscow. Pavel Matyushkin, he's got the right stuff. Stoke up the samovar and get ready for a great mystery...

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On This Day

Notable events on this day in Russian history

1962: Molniya 8K78L preliminary design completed

1935: Future cosmonaut Vitali Ivanovich Sevastyanov born in Krasnouralsk, Yekaterinburg, Russia.

1879: The ill-fated voyage of the Jeannette, to traverse the Northeast Passage, began.

1833: The Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi codified a Russo-Turkish alliance

1742: Trinity St. Sergius Monastery elevated to status of Lavra,by decree of Empress Elizabeth.

1722: Construction of the Petersburg-Moscow Road began.

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