“Milk Logic” presented an anthology of fairy tales of the peoples of Russia
In the Year of the Unity of the Peoples of Russia “The Logic of Milk”, Alpina PRO publishing house and literary agent Anna Popova published an illustrated anthology “The Golden Thread of Times: Tales of the Peoples of Russia”
In the Year of the Unity of the Peoples of Russia “The Logic of Milk”, Alpina PRO publishing house and literary agent Anna Popova published an illustrated anthology “The Golden Thread of Times: Tales of the Peoples of Russia”. The book includes 59 fairy tales. The project is designed to preserve the cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia, support the tradition of family reading and introduce children to the national cultures of the country.
Our dairy products are represented all over the country, from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka, and we see how large and rich our cultural heritage is. Each nation has its own traditions, its heroes, its stories, which are passed down from generation to generation, said Ruslan Alisultanov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Logic of Milk.
According to the authors, the collection will allow to acquaint a wide audience with little-known fairy tales outside their regions.
The collection is divided into five parts, each of which is dedicated to the fabulous traditions of different regions of Russia: the Russian North, the Volga region, the Caucasus, Siberia, the Far East and Chukotka. The anthology includes Russian, Sami, Karelian, Komi, Nenets, Tatar, Bashkir, Yakut, Chukchi and other tales.
The anthology presents not only familiar heroes of Russian folklore, but also characters of national fairy tales. These are the Sami Laurikaj, who protects the people from the Chuda with a white eye, the Komi-hero Perya, who fights with leshim, the Nenets sisters who go to the master of the northern wind Kotura, and the Mansi hero Ekva-Pyrsi. Various stories reveal the ideas of different peoples about goodness and justice, courage and mutual help.
The book was illustrated by Victoria Peck. In the design used images of nature, national ornaments, household items. The illustrations vary from region to region, reflecting local cultural traditions.
The anthology was based on the retellings of the Soviet writer and translator Mark Vatagin, who studied the folklore of the peoples of Russia and the USSR.
