Gennady Novozhilov's illustration for Russian tale "Masha and the Bear".
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Vladimir Pertsov's illustration for russian bylina "Sadko".
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Gennady Novozhilov's illustration for russian tale "The Turnip".
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Alyona Solomatina's illustration for russian tale "Marya Morevna".
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Tamara Shevaryova's illustration for russian tale "Marya Morevna".
Koshchei the Deathless is an archetypal male antagonist in Russian folklore.
The most common feature of tales involving Koschei is a spell which prevents him from being killed. He hides "his death" inside nested objects to protect it. For example, his death may be hidden in a needle that is hidden inside an egg, the egg is in a duck, the duck is in a hare, the hare is in a chest, the chest is buried or chained up on a far island. Usually he takes the role of a malevolent rival figure, who competes for (or entraps) a male hero's love interest.
The origin of the tales is unknown. The archetype may contain elements derived from the 12th-century pagan Cuman-Kipchak (Polovtsian) leader Khan Konchak, who is recorded in The Tale of Igor's Campaign; over time a balanced view of the non-Christian Cuman Khan may have been distorted or caricatured by Christian Slavic writers.
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Gennady Novozhilov's illustration for russian tale "The Fox and the Cat".
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Natalya Trepenok's illustration for russian tale "Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka".
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Palekh painting on a small box with illustration of "Morozko" tale.
Palekh miniature is a Russian folk handicraft of a miniature painting, which is done with tempera paints on varnished articles made of papier-mâché (including the creation of small boxes, cigarette cases, and powder cases).
Morozko (Grandfather Frost) is a spirit of frost or sometimes a wizard of winter. Since the 19th century this character has changed, and now he is a symbol of the New Year holiday. Morozko is similar to Santa Claus in his modern role in russian culture.
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Boris Zvorykin's illustration for russian tale "The Feather of Finist the Falcon".
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Ivan Tsygankov's illustration for russian tale "Baba Yaga".
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Natalya Trepenok's illustration for russian tale "Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka".
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Viktor Britvin's illustration for "The tale of Tsar Saltan" in verse by Alexander Pushkin.
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Oleg Korovin's illustration for the book of russian fairy tales "The Malachite Casket" by Pavel Bazhov.
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M. Tesarzhikova illustration for the cover of the book of russian fairy tales.
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Pavel Ponomarenko's illustration for russian tale "The Frog Tsarevna".
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Oleg Gurenkov’s painting “The Rainbow”.
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Nikolai Vorobyov's illustration for russian epic poem (bylina) "Dobrynya and the Serpent".
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