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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On This Day

Notable events on this day in Russian history

1994: The European Union and Russia signed a landmark accord in Corfu, Greece, designed to stabilize the ex-Soviet power and bring it ever closer to its former rivals.

1985: Natalia Solzhenitsyn, wife of exiled Soviet author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, became a United States citizen in Rutland, Vermont.

1948: Berlin Blockade began. Joseph Stalin blocked all ground and water access, as well as cut electricity to the Western sector. Within a few days, the Berlin Airlift began. United States planes dropped up to 13,000 tons of goods per day for the next 10 month

1877: Aleksei Remizov, writer, born (died 1957)

1812: Napoleon invaded Russia. Ironically, almost three years to the day (on June 22, 1815), Napoleon abdicated after his defeat at Waterloo.

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