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Ryaba the Hen, postcard by A. Dudnikov (1957)

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Morozko (Mr Frost) is a Russian folk tale about a girl who was left outside in the middle of the winter to die—but didn’t. It was published many times with different art. Here are some of Morozko book covers (1950s-1980s).

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Seven Simeons the Seven Workers, Russian folk tale illustration by Nikolai Kochergin (1977)

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Illustration for Russian folk tale “The Hare’s Hut” by Yury Vasnetsov (autolithography, 1965).

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The Man and the Bear, Russian folk tale illustrated by Yevgeny Rachyov (postcard from 1955)

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The White Duck, Russian folk tale illustrated by T. Shevaryova (1987)

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Bear Club Foot, postcard by Yury Vasnetsov (1958)

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“There’s something wrong in the pictures. Rearrange things to make it right!”

(Illustration from a children’s magazine by S. Zabaluyev, 1963)

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Contes de L’Isba (Tales of Izba) – a collection of Russian fairy tales published in France in 1931 and illustrated by Ivan Bilibin (who left Russia in 1920).

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Merry-go-round of Russian fairy tale characters. Can you tell them all?

Illustration by T. Zuikova (1969)