September 20, 2008

Russian Folklore

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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How to Live 100 Russian Years

The 22 heroes in this volume were all born in 1917 – Russia’s year of revolution. They lived through Civil War, Collectivization, World War II, the Cold War, and the collapse of the USSR. Indeed, their lives are a living reflection of the past Russian century, and their stories show us a side of history not available in any other resource.

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On This Day

Notable events on this day in Russian history

1991: Soviet Union was dissolved as the republics of Russia, Belorussia and Ukraine signed an agreement creating the Commonwealth of Independent States.

1987: Presidents Reagan and Gorbachev signed the INF treaty; to eliminate all their intermediate-range and shorter-range nuclear missiles.

1966: 28 countries, including the United States and Soviet Union, reached agreement for an international ban on nuclear weapons in space.

1934: Alisa Freyndlikh, actress, born

1802: Alexander Odoevsky, poet, born (died 1839)

1741: Vitus Bering dies at the disastrous end of the Second Expedition, on the island that later would bear his name.

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