Russian Folktale

Once in a while Russian folk tales went to Moscow. In the middle of him he said that the two boys would get the business of their father's trading, so the old man ceased talking the story to the boy. He began to say: Before you were born, long ago, the two wonderful cities were good friends. These cities are constantly searching for ways to help each other, they grow and prosper, and everyone is happy. But one day the kings of the city died and their sons robbed their throne (their fathers).

In this Russian folk tale, a poor businessman promised to leave his three daughters on business trips and bring exoticism to everyone. The first two daughters requested a new coat and the youngest daughter painted flowers. While on his journey he wore a coat, but he could not find a flower resembling a picture until he was near his house, and he found a castle filled with them. But when the merchant took the flower, a monster snake with three heads appeared in front of him. The businessman pleaded for mercy but promised to give him the daughter who greeted him when he returned to the serpent as his wife. The youngest daughter was the first daughter to meet him and go voluntarily to Snake Castle. There is no soul in the house during the day, but a snake appears every night.

Aleksandr Afanasyev gathered Russian folk tales in his three volumes Narodnye russkie skazki and made several choices in Russian children's fairy tales in 1871. In the 1860 's, literary realism and non - fiction dominated children' s literature. The number of schools that Russian readers use various stories, fairy tales, fables, and other books of authors such as Konstantin Ushinsky and Leo Tolstoy are beginning to increase. A book for girls was developed in the 1870s and 1880s. While Alexandra Nikitichna Annenskaya tells the story of middle-class girls who are going to feed themselves, at the publisher, journalist Evgenia Tur wrote an article on the wealthy landowner's daughter. Vera Zhelikhovsky, Elizaveta Kondrashova, Nadezhda Lukhmanova also wrote for the girls at this time. : 767