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Alexander Afanasyev

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Gender Male
Death152 years ago
Date of birth July 23,1826
Zodiac sign Leo
Born Boguchar
Russia
Date of died October 5,1871
DiedMoscow
Russia
NationalityRussian
Job Journalist
Anthropologist
Linguist
Children's book author
Education Moscow State University
Imperial Moscow University
Full nameAlexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev
Edited works Russian Fairy Tales
The Language of the Birds
Notabl work Russian Fairy Tales
Poetic Views of the Slavs on Nature
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Date of Upd.
ID581516

Vasilisa the Beautiful and Baba Yaga (Illustrated by Ivan Bilibin)
Russian Folktales from the Collection of A. Afanasyev: A Dual-Language Book
Russian Fairy Folk Tales
Erotic tales of old Russia
Maria Morevna and Koschei the Wizard (Illustrated)
The Three Kingdoms: Russian Folk Tales from Alexander Afanasiev's Collection
Russian Secret Tales: Bawdy Folktales of Old Russia
The Flying Ship: A Russian Story
Ivan Korovavich: The Son of the Cow : a Russian Fairy Tale
The Wise Little Girl
The Bawdy Peasant: A Selection from the Russian Secret Tales
Narodnye russkie skazki A. N. Afanasʹeva
The Frog Princess: Fairy Tale for Children
Due Ivan
Rosyjskie bajki ludowe ze zbioru Aleksandra Afanasjewa
Erotische Märchen aus Russland
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Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian Slavist and ethnographer who published nearly 600 Russian fairy and folk tales, one of the largest collections of folklore in the world. This collection was not strictly Russian, but included folk tales from Ukraine and Belarus alongside Russian folk tales.

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