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  2. Baba Yaga - Wikipedia

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    Baba Yaga depicted in Tales of the Russian People (published by V. A. Gatsuk in Moscow in 1894) Baba Yaga being used as an example for the Cyrillic letter Б, in Alexandre Benois' ABC-Book Baba Yaga is an enigmatic or ambiguous character from Slavic folklore (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name) who has two opposite roles.

  3. Tamara Samsonova - Wikipedia

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    Tamara Mitrofanovna Samsonova (Russian: Тама́ра Митрофа́новна Самсо́нова; born 25 April 1947), known as Granny Ripper and Baba Yaga, [2] [3] [4] is a Russian serial killer who was arrested in July 2015 on suspicion of committing two murders with extreme cruelty.

  4. The Tale About Baba-Yaga - Wikipedia

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    The next day, Baba Yaga asks the girl to shear her sheep in the woods. Her husband appears again and tells her that the "sheep" are wolves that will tear her to pieces, so he teaches her a magic command. The girl climbs up a tree, chants the magical command and the wolves shear themselves. Seeing the girl's newfound success, Baba Yaga then ...

  5. Akira Otani - Wikipedia

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    Baba Yaga no yoru Akira Otani ( 王谷 晶 , Ōtani Akira , born 1981) is a Japanese fiction writer born in Tokyo . Known for a sharp, economical style, [ 1 ] her work often subverts genres like mystery and noir and focuses on characters that exist outside the gender archetypes of Japanese fiction, which she has described as "stiff and lacking ...

  6. John Wick (character) - Wikipedia

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    He was nicknamed "Baba Yaga" after the supernatural Boogeyman-like entity in Slavic folklore. Eventually, John fell in love with a woman named Helen. Hoping to pursue a normal life, he met with Viggo Tarasov, boss of the Tarasov mob, who agreed to grant him his freedom if he could carry out what was described as an "impossible task", implying ...

  7. Baba Yaga (film) - Wikipedia

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    Baba Yaga was released in Italy in 1973. [1] Film historian and critic Roberto Curti stated that the film had poor box-office results due to bad distribution in Italy. [5] [6] The film was shown as the 1973 Trieste Science Fiction Festival. [7] Baba Yaga was released in the United States on DVD and Blu-Ray by Blue Underground. [8]

  8. The Golden Horns - Wikipedia

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    The Golden Horns (Russian: Золотые рога, romanized: Zolotye roga), also known in English as Baba Yaga, is a 1973 Soviet fairy tale film. [1] [2] It was director Alexander Rou's last film before his death later in 1973. While collecting mushrooms in the forest, sisters Masha and Dasha get turned into does by the evil Baba Yaga. Their ...

  9. Baba Yaga (aircraft) - Wikipedia

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    "Baba Yaga" is a reference to the Slavic mythological creature, Baba Yaga, [1] a supernatural witch who flies around in a cauldron or mortar. [4] In August 2023, The Daily Beast reported that Chechen soldiers of the Russian armed forces claimed the drone had claws and could abduct soldiers.