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A Russian fairy tale or folktale (Russian: ска́зка; skazka; "story"; plural Russian: ска́зки, romanized: skazki) is a fairy tale from Russia. Various sub-genres of skazka exist. A volshebnaya skazka [волше́бная ска́зка] (literally "magical tale") is considered a magical tale. [1][need quotation to verify] Skazki o ...
Russian. Tale of Tales (Russian: Сказка сказок, Skazka skazok) is a 1979 Soviet / Russian animated film directed by Yuri Norstein [1][2] and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. [3] Having won numerous awards, acclaimed by both critics and animators, various polls have recognized it as the greatest animated film of all ...
Father Frost (Russian: Морозко, Morozko) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki (1855–63). Andrew Lang included it, as "The Story of King Frost", in The Yellow Fairy Book (1894). [1] It is Aarne–Thompson type 480, The Kind and the Unkind Girls. Others of this type include Shita-kiri Suzume ...
The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of His Son the Renowned and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich and of the Beautiful Swan-Princess (Russian: «Сказка о царе Салтане, о сыне его славном и могучем богатыре князе Гвидоне Салтановиче и о прекрасной царевне Лебеди», romanized: Skazka o tsare Saltane, o ...
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish. The fairy tale commemorated on a Soviet Union stamp. The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish (Russian: «Сказка о рыбаке и рыбке», romanized: Skazka o rybake i rybke) is a fairy tale in verse by Alexander Pushkin, published 1835. The tale is about a fisherman who manages to catch a ...
This is a list of Russian desserts. Russian cuisine is a collection of the different cooking traditions of the Russian people. The cuisine is diverse, as Russia is by area the largest country in the world. [1] Russian cuisine derives its varied character from the vast and multi-cultural expanse of Russia.
Skaz (Russian: сказ, IPA: [ˈskas]) is a Russian oral form of narrative. The word comes from skazátʹ, "to tell", and is also related to such words as rasskaz, "short story" and skazka, "fairy tale". [1] The speech makes use of dialect and slang in order to take on the persona of a particular character. [2]
Medovik (Russian: медовик [medovyk] from мед — 'honey', Russian: медови́к) is a layer cake popular in countries of the former Soviet Union. The identifying ingredients are honey and smetana (sour cream) or condensed milk. [2] It is a dessert which is known for its lengthy preparation time. It consists of layers of sponge ...