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Up to now, there has been no complete English-language version of the Russian folktales of A. N. Afanas’ev. This translation is based on L. G. Barag and N. V. Novikov’s edition, widely regarded as the authoritative Russian-language edition. The present edition includes commentaries to each tale as well as its international classification number. This third volume contains 305 tales, those numbered 319–579, as well as forty-five additional tales from among those denied publication by the Russian censors. The folktales of A. N. Afanas’ev represent the largest single collection of folktales in any European language and perhaps in the world. Widely regarded as the Russian Grimm, Afanas’ev collected folktales from throughout the Russian Empire in what are now regarded as the three East Slavic languages, Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian. In his lifetime, Afanas’ev published more than 575 tales in his most popular and best-known work,
Когда отмечаются православные праздники Пасха, Родительский день и Троица в 2021 году
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Почему христиане красят яйца в красный цвет на Пасху
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At first glance, this almost appears to be a
RussianBurning Man event, but it’s actually something much different. Turns out, this was a celebration for a Maslenitsa
holiday. Burning the scarecrow is part of the tradition, however, this year in Saint Petersburg, they interestingly decided to use a
tankto initiate the fire.
It worked perfectly and gave the crowd a good show, so check it out in the clip below.
I, like many reading this, do not live in Russia, so I had to do a little research on the holiday, and here’s what I found. This is actually only a portion of the celebration. Maslenitsa is an Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday, and its significance is seeing off the last week of winter before Great Lent. The celebrations last the entire week, and include dressing up, making blini (pancakes), having snowball fights, going on sleigh rides, and enjoying bonfires. Of course, burning the scarecrow is also a big part of the festivities.