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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Notable events on this day in Russian history

2014: President Vladimir Putin tells colleagues that "we must start working on returning Crimea to Russia." Within days, insignia-less forces and local militias occupy Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea and neighboring regions.

2012: The Pussy Riot group gains notoriety for performing an anti-Putin song inside Moscow's Savior's Cathedral. Arrested a week later, in August all three were convicted of "hooliganism."

1918: Death penalty officially restored (it had been outlawed in October 1917) for some offenders.

1904: Alexei Kosygin, Soviet prime minister 1960-1980, born (died 1980)

1728: Peter III (ruled 1961-1762) born.

1613: Mikhail Romanov was elected 'Tsar' by the Zemsky sobor, marking the beginning of the Romanov Dynasty

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