The theme of Russian folk tales is inexhaustible! Great amount collections can be found on bookstore shelves. This post contains both luxury (gift) and inexpensive editions of collections of Russian folk tales in classical adaptations and with unforgettable illustrations.
1) Fairytale Rus'. Russian fairy tales
Nikolai Kochergin has rightfully gained fame as an outstanding artist and storyteller. He was equally successful in both step-by-step illustration of fairy tales and the creation of generalization illustrations that claim to be called fabulous paintings. In these Kochergin generalizations, fairy-tale Rus' sounds especially majestic. For the first time, all the full-color illustrations created by Nikolai Kochergin for Russian fairy tales are collected in one book.
Content:
Tiny Khavroshechka
By pike guidance
Princess Frog
Baba Yaga
Morozko
Wooden eagle
Tale of rejuvenating apples and living water
Seven Simeons
Nikita Kozhemyaka
Ivan Tsarevich and Gray wolf
Matyusha Ash
flying ship
Go there - I don’t know where, bring that - I don’t know what
Fight on Kalinov Bridge
Sivka-Burka
Copper, silver and golden kingdoms
The Tale of Vasilisa the Wise
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2) Terem-teremok. Russians folk tales for babies
This book is not just a collection of Russian folk tales about animals - it is an amazing, unique world of fabulous animals, which was created by the wonderful artist Evgeny Mikhailovich Rachev. He had a wonderful gift of turning an ordinary red fox into a cunning gossip, gray hare- into a cheerful village joker, and the cat - into a mischief maker and a quitter.
On the occasion of the 110th anniversary of Evgeniy Mikhailovich, this book is being published, for the illustrations for which he was awarded the State Prize of the RSFSR.
Content:
Kolobok.
Turnip.
Golden egg.
Teremok.
Wolf and kids.
Rooster and bean.
Zayushkina's hut.
The hare is bragging.
The cockerel is a golden comb.
Fox and blackbird.
Man and bear.
Crane and heron.
Fox - sister and wolf.
Fox and crane.
Cat and fox.
Fox with a rolling pin.
Fox and bear.
Masha and the bear.
A cat is a gray forehead, a goat and a ram.
Swan geese.
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3) "Russian folk tales for kids"
A child-friendly small format and thick pages that can be flipped through and fiddled with without fear of tearing.
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4) "Russian Folk Tales" ed. Afanasyeva
Here is a collection of the most famous fairy tales and tales about animals, collected by the famous Russian ethnographer A. N. Afanasyev, who wrote them down in their original, pristine form. In many ways, these fairy tales differ from those to which we have become accustomed since childhood. In them you will find not only unique features language, spirit and life of peasant Rus', but also new characters, and even unfamiliar plot endings. Rediscover the multifaceted, vibrant and rich world of Russian folk tales! The book contains wonderful illustrations I. Bilibin, V. Vasnetsov, E. Polenova, K. Makovsky.
Content:
Tales about animals.
Cat and fox.
Fox and black grouse.
Turnip.
The chicken also cocks.
Fox, hare and rooster.
Kolobok.
Mizgir.
For a little shoe you get a chicken, for a chicken you get a piece of meat.
Fox and crane.
Fox Confessor.
A man, a bear and a fox.
Wolf and goat.
The tale of Ersha Ershovich, Shchetinnikov's son.
Hen.
Crane and heron.
A story about a toothy pike.
Winter quarters of animals.
Cat, rooster and fox.
Fox midwife.
Fox-sister and wolf.
Death of a cockerel.
Tsar Maiden.
Sister Alyonushka, brother Ivanushka.
Sun, Moon and Raven Voronovich.
Tiny Khavroshechka.
Nesmeyana the princess.
Vasilisa the Beautiful.
Magic ring.
Finist's feather is the clear falcon.
Marya Morevna.
Baba Yaga.
The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise.
Princess Frog.
Sivko-burko.
A tale about a brave young man, rejuvenating apples and living water.
White duck.
Go there - I don’t know where, bring that - I don’t know what.
Golden shoe.
The Firebird and Vasilisa the Princess.
Morozko.
Elena the Wise.
Three kingdoms - copper, silver and gold.
Wonderful shirt
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5) Russian folk tales
This book includes seven fairy tales, illustrated by Nikolai Kochergin - wonderful artist, who had a brilliant sense of Russian folklore and children's books
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6) Russian folk tales
This book is suitable for your first acquaintance with fairy tales - the illustrations by Yuri Solovyov are bright, large, dynamic, just right for kids. The collection includes fairy tales “Ryaba Hen”, “Kolobok”, “Teremok”, “Hare, Fox and Rooster”, “Bubble, Straw and Bast Shoe”, “Masha and the Bear”, “Fox with a Rolling Pin”, “Sister Fox and gray wolf", "Three bears".
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7) Collection of fairy tales "Masha and the Bear"
The book will delight you with its content and design; it contains fairy tales with which children begin reading. The texts have not undergone the currently popular adaptation, which results in a reduction vocabulary, the richness of the language is preserved. The illustrations were made without the use of a computer.
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8) Russian fairy tales for little ones
The famous artist Nikolai Mikhailovich Kochergin, starting to work, spent a long time studying the history, life and traditions of the peoples of the world. The topic of Russian folklore was especially interesting for him. That is why the master of illustration created this unique, kind and bright fairy world, which children like so much. The book includes Russian folk tales: “Masha and the Bear”, “Po pike command" and M. Gorky's fairy tale "About Ivanushka the Fool."
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7. Masha and the Bear
8. Morozko
9. The Man and the Bear (Tops and Roots)
10. Cockerel - Golden comb and millstones
11. At the behest of the pike
13. Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka
14. Sivka-Burka
15. Snow Maiden
16. Teremok
5. Legless and armless heroes
6. Legless and blind heroes
8. Birch and three falcons
9. Hunter Brothers
10. Well done Bulat
11. Bukhtan Bukhtanovich
14. The Witch and the Sun's Sister
15. Prophetic boy
16. Prophetic dream
17. There is a sun in the forehead, a month on the back of the head, stars on the sides
18. Mushroom War
19. Magic water
22. Magic berries
23. Magic horse
24. Clay guy
28. Two from the bag
29. Girl in the well
30. Wooden eagle
31. Elena the Wise
32. Emelya the Fool
33. The Firebird and Vasilisa the Princess
34. The Enchanted Princess
35. Animal milk
36. Golden Slipper
37. Golden Cockerel
38. Dawn, evening and midnight
39. Ivan - widow's son
40. Ivan - son of a cow
41. Ivan - peasant son and Miracle Yudo
42. Ivan - a peasant's son
43. Ivan the Talentless and Elena the Wise
44. Ivan is a peasant son and a peasant himself with a mustache for seven miles
45. Ivan Tsarevich and the White Polyanin
47. Kikimora
51. Horse, tablecloth and horn
52. Korolevich and his uncle
55. Flying ship
57. Dashing one-eyed
58. Lutonyushka
59. Boy with Thumb
60. Marya Morevna
61. Marya-Krasa - long braid
62. Masha and the Bear
63. Medvedko, Usynya, Gorynya and Duginya heroes
64. Copper, silver and golden kingdoms
67. Wise maiden
68. The wise maiden and the seven thieves
69. Wise wife
70. Wise answers
71. Nesmeyana the Princess
72. Night dancing
73. Petrified Kingdom
74. Shepherd's pipe
75. Cockerel - Golden comb and millstones
76. Feather of Finist the clear falcon
77. Knee-deep in gold, elbow-deep in silver
78. At the behest of the pike
79. Go there - I don’t know where, bring that - I don’t know what
80. Truth and Falsehood
81. Fake illness
82. About a stupid snake and a smart soldier
83. Bird's tongue
84. Robbers
85. Seven Simeons
86. Silver saucer and pouring apple
87. Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka
88. Sivka-Burka
89. The Tale of Vasilisa, the Golden Braid, and Ivan the Pea
90. The Tale of the Bonecrusher Bear and Ivan, the Merchant's Son
91. The Tale of Rejuvenating Apples and Living Water
92. The Tale of Ivan the Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf
93. Tales of the brave knight Ukrom-Tabunshchik
94. Tablecloth, ram and bag
95. Fast messenger
96. Snow Maiden
97. Snow Maiden and Fox
98. The soldier delivers the princess
99. Sun, Moon and Raven Voronovich
100. Suma, give me some wisdom!
101. Tereshechka
102. Three kingdoms - copper, silver and gold
103. Finist - clear falcon
105. Tricky science
106. Crystal Mountain
107. Princess solving riddles
110. Tsar Maiden
111. Tsar Bear
112. Chivy, chivy, chivychok...
113. Wonderful shirt
114. Wonderful little shoes
115. Wonderful box
8. Wolf, quail and jerk
10. Crow and cancer
11. Where was the goat?
12. Stupid wolf
13. Crane and heron
14. For a bast shoe - a chicken, for a chicken - a goose
16. Hares and frogs
17. Animals in the pit
18. Winter quarters of animals
19. Golden horse
20. Golden Cockerel
21. How the wolf became a bird
22. How the fox learned to fly
23. How the fox sewed a fur coat for the wolf
27. Cat - gray forehead, goat and ram
28. Cat and Fox
29. Cat, Rooster and Fox
30. Kochet and chicken
31. Crooked duck
32. Kuzma is soon rich
33. Chicken, mouse and black grouse
34. Lion, pike and man
35. Fox is a wanderer
36. Fox and blackbird
37. Fox and crane
38. Fox and goat
39. Fox and jug
40. Fox and bast shoe
41. Fox and cancer
44. Fox Confessor
45. Fox midwife
46. The fox-maiden and Kotofey Ivanovich
47. Fox-sister and wolf
48. Masha and the Bear
49. Bear - fake leg
50. Bear and fox
51. Bear and dog
52. The Man and the Bear (Tops and Roots)
53. Man, bear and fox
54. Mouse and Sparrow
55. Scared wolves
56. Scared bear and wolves
57. Wrong court of birds
58. No goat with nuts
59. About Vaska - Muska
60. About the toothy pike
61. Sheep, fox and wolf
62. Rooster and bob
63. Rooster and hen
64. Cockerel
65. Cockerel - Golden comb and millstones
66. At the behest of the pike
67. Promised
68. About the toothy mouse and about the rich sparrow
69. About the old lady and the bull
71. Mitten
72. The Tale of Ersha Ershovich, Shchetinnikov’s son
73. The Tale of Ivan the Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf
74. Tar goby
75. The Old Man and the Wolf
Fairy tales - poetic stories about extraordinary events and adventures, featuring fictional characters. In modern Russian, the concept of the word “fairy tale” has acquired its meaning since the 17th century. Until that point, the word "fable" was supposedly used in this meaning.
One of the main features of a fairy tale is that it is always based on an invented story, with a happy ending, where good defeats evil. The stories contain a certain hint that enables the child to learn to recognize good and evil and to comprehend life through clear examples.
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Reading fairy tales is one of the main and important stages on your child's path to life. Various stories make it clear that the world around us is quite contradictory and unpredictable. By listening to stories about the adventures of the main characters, children learn to value love, honesty, friendship and kindness.
Reading fairy tales is useful not only for children. Having grown up, we forget that in the end good always triumphs over evil, that all adversity is nothing, and a beautiful princess is waiting for her prince on a white horse. Give a little Have a good mood and plunge into a fairy-tale world quite simply!
is one of the oldest forms of storytelling, which in its simplest and game form tells children not only about the world around him, but also about manifestations of both the best and the ugliest. General statistics tell us that Russian folk tales interest children only up to school age, but it is these fairy tales that we carry in our hearts and let us pass them on to our children in a slightly modified form. After all, it is impossible to forget about Masha and the Bear, Ryaba the hen or the Gray Wolf; all these images help us learn and understand the reality around us. You can read Russian folk tales online and listen to audio tales for free on our website.
| Fairy tale title | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Vasilisa the Beautiful | Russian traditional | 380890 |
| Morozko | Russian traditional | 251842 |
| Porridge from an ax | Russian traditional | 285839 |
| Teremok | Russian traditional | 426587 |
| Fox and Crane | Russian traditional | 226029 |
| Sivka-Burka | Russian traditional | 203808 |
| Crane and Heron | Russian traditional | 32819 |
| Cat, rooster and fox | Russian traditional | 138082 |
| Chicken Ryaba | Russian traditional | 348011 |
| Fox and cancer | Russian traditional | 93397 |
| Fox-sister and wolf | Russian traditional | 88825 |
| Masha and the Bear | Russian traditional | 289249 |
| The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise | Russian traditional | 94920 |
| Snow Maiden | Russian traditional | 58034 |
| Three piglets | Russian traditional | 1964617 |
| Baba Yaga | Russian traditional | 135455 |
| Magic pipe | Russian traditional | 138686 |
| Magic ring | Russian traditional | 167004 |
| Grief | Russian traditional | 23266 |
| Swan geese | Russian traditional | 92104 |
| Daughter and stepdaughter | Russian traditional | 24763 |
| Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf | Russian traditional | 73607 |
| Treasure | Russian traditional | 50825 |
| Kolobok | Russian traditional | 174880 |
| Marya Morevna | Russian traditional | 52187 |
| Wonderful miracle, wonderful miracle | Russian traditional | 45551 |
| Two frosts | Russian traditional | 42181 |
| Most expensive | Russian traditional | 36195 |
| Wonderful shirt | Russian traditional | 43406 |
| Frost and hare | Russian traditional | 42172 |
| How the fox learned to fly | Russian traditional | 52125 |
| Ivan the Fool | Russian traditional | 39278 |
| Fox and jug | Russian traditional | 28543 |
| bird tongue | Russian traditional | 24896 |
| The soldier and the devil | Russian traditional | 23611 |
| Crystal Mountain | Russian traditional | 28408 |
| Tricky Science | Russian traditional | 31245 |
| Smart guy | Russian traditional | 24036 |
| Snow Maiden and Fox | Russian traditional | 66884 |
| Word | Russian traditional | 23703 |
| Fast messenger | Russian traditional | 23303 |
| Seven Simeons | Russian traditional | 23382 |
| About the old grandmother | Russian traditional | 25525 |
| Go there - I don’t know where, bring something - I don’t know what | Russian traditional | 55965 |
| At the behest of the pike | Russian traditional | 77613 |
| Rooster and millstones | Russian traditional | 23059 |
| Shepherd's Piper | Russian traditional | 43090 |
| Petrified Kingdom | Russian traditional | 23689 |
| About rejuvenating apples and living water | Russian traditional | 41588 |
| Goat Dereza | Russian traditional | 38016 |
| Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber | Russian traditional | 34570 |
| Cockerel and bean seed | Russian traditional | 60472 |
| Ivan - peasant son and miracle Yudo | Russian traditional | 33317 |
| Three Bears | Russian traditional | 504707 |
| Fox and black grouse | Russian traditional | 24843 |
| Tar barrel | Russian traditional | 85245 |
| Baba Yaga and berries | Russian traditional | 42200 |
| Battle on Kalinov Bridge | Russian traditional | 24083 |
| Finist - Clear Falcon | Russian traditional | 57005 |
| Princess Nesmeyana | Russian traditional | 150808 |
| Tops and roots | Russian traditional | 63247 |
| Winter hut of animals | Russian traditional | 43863 |
| flying ship | Russian traditional | 80400 |
| Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka | Russian traditional | 41621 |
| Golden comb cockerel | Russian traditional | 49465 |
| Zayushkin's hut | Russian traditional | 141169 |
Types of Russian folk tales
Folk tales are basically divided into three categories. These are tales about animals, everyday life and fairy tales.
Russian folk tales about animals- these are some of the most ancient types of fairy tales that exist, their roots go back to the times Ancient Rus'. These fairy tales contain vivid and very memorable images; from childhood we all remember about Kolobok or Turnip, and thanks to such bright images the child learns to understand good and evil. Learns to distinguish character traits and lines of behavior: a fox is cunning, a bear is clumsy, a bunny is cowardly, and so on. Although the world of folk tales is fictional, it is so alive and vibrant that it fascinates and knows how to teach children only good deeds.
Russians everyday tales - these are fairy tales that are filled with the realism of our Everyday life. And they are so close to life that when delving into these fairy tales, be careful, because this line is so thin that your growing child will want to embody and experience some of the actions on himself or carry them out in real life.
Russian fairy tales- this is a world in which magic and the evil associated with it takes on very terrible outlines and vital shades. Fairy tales- this is the search and rescue of a girl, a city or the world entrusted to the shoulders of one hero. But it is the help of many minor characters teaches us, who read these fairy tales, about mutual assistance to each other. Read and listen to folk tales online with us.
The very first works that little readers encounter are Russian folk tales. This is the fundamental element folk art, with the help of which deep life wisdom is passed on from generation to generation. Fairy tales teach us to distinguish between good and evil, point out human vices and virtues, and convey enduring life, family, and everyday values. Read Russian folk tales to your children, a list of which is presented below.
Chicken Ryaba
The tale of the good hen Ryaba, who lives in the hut of her grandmother and grandfather and lays a golden egg that they could not break, is one of the first fairy tales. read by parents small children. The fairy tale, easy for children to understand, also tells about a mouse that broke a golden egg with its tail. After this, the grandfather and woman grieved, and the hen promised to lay them a new egg, not a golden one, but a simple one.
Masha and the Bear
An entertaining tale about the adventures of little Masha, who got lost and ended up in the Bear's hut. The formidable beast was delighted and ordered Masha to stay in his hut and live, otherwise he would eat her. But the little girl outwitted the Bear, and without knowing it, he took Masha back to her parents.
Vasilisa the Beautiful
The tale of good and to a beautiful girl, to whom her dying mother left a magic doll. The girl was tormented and bullied by her stepmother and her daughters for a long time, but the magic doll always helped her cope with everything. Once she even wove a canvas of unprecedented beauty, which came to the king. The ruler liked the fabric so much that he ordered a craftswoman to be brought to him so that she could sew shirts from this fabric. Seeing Vasilisa the Beautiful, the king fell in love with her and this was the end of all the girl’s suffering.
Teremok
The tale of how many different animals lived in the little house teaches the youngest readers friendship and hospitality. The little mouse, the runaway bunny, the frog-frog, the gray-barrel top, and the little fox-sister lived amicably in their small house until a club-toed bear asked to live with them. He was very big and destroyed the tower. But good inhabitants They didn’t lose their heads and built a new little house, bigger and better than the previous one.
Morozko
A winter's tale about a girl who lived with her father, stepmother and her daughter. The stepmother did not like her stepdaughter and persuaded the old man to take the girl into the forest to certain death. In the forest, the fierce Morozko froze the girl and asked, “Are you warm, girl?”, to which she answered him kind words. And then he took pity on her, warmed her and gave her rich gifts. The next morning the girl returned home, her stepmother saw the gifts and decided to send her own daughter for gifts. But the second daughter was rude to Morozko, and that’s why she froze in the forest.
In the work “The Cockerel and the Bean Seed,” the author, using the example of a cockerel choking on a grain, tells the story that in life, in order to get something, you must first give something. Having asked the chicken to go to the cow for butter, to lubricate the neck and swallow the grain, he activated a whole chain of other orders, which the chicken fulfilled with dignity, brought the butter and saved the cockerel.
Kolobok
The Kolobok fairy tale belongs to the category of works that are easy for young children to remember, since there are many repetitions of the plot in it. The author talks about how the grandmother baked a bun for the grandfather, and he came to life. Kolobok did not want to be eaten and ran away from his grandparents. On the way he met a hare, a wolf and a bear, from which he also rolled away, singing a song. And only the cunning fox was able to eat the kolobok, so he still did not escape his fate.
Princess Frog
The tale of the Frog Princess tells how the Tsarevich had to marry a frog, which was hit by an arrow that he shot on the orders of his father. The frog turned out to be enchanted by Vasilisa the Wise, who sheds the frog's skin while carrying out the king's tasks. Ivan Tsarevich, having learned that his wife is a beauty and a needlewoman, burns the skin and thereby dooms Vasilisa the Wise to imprisonment with Koshchei the Immortal. The prince, realizing his mistake, enters into an unequal battle with the monster and wins back his wife, after which they live happily ever after.
Swan geese
Geese and Swans is a cautionary tale about how a little girl failed to keep track of her brother and was carried away by geese and swans. The girl goes in search of her brother, on the way she met a stove, an apple tree and a milk river, whose help she refused. And it would take the girl a long time to find her brother, if not for the hedgehog, who showed her the right path. She found her brother, but on the way back, if she had not used the help of the above-mentioned characters, she would not have been able to bring him home.
A fairy tale that teaches little children order is “The Three Bears.” In it, the author talks about a little girl who got lost and came across a hut of three bears. There she did a little housekeeping - she ate porridge from every bowl, sat on every chair, lay on every bed. A family of bears who returned home and saw that someone had used their things became very angry. The little hooligan was saved by running away from the indignant bears.
Porridge from an ax
The short tale “Porridge from an Axe” is about how one soldier went on leave and decided to spend the night with an old woman he met on the way. And the old woman was greedy, she deceived, saying that she had nothing to feed the guest. Then the soldier invited her to cook porridge from an axe. He asked for a cauldron and water, then by cunning he lured out the porridge and butter, ate it himself, fed the old woman, and then he also took the ax with him so that the old woman would be discouraged from lying.
turnip
The fairy tale "Turnip" is one of the most famous Russian folk tales aimed at children. Its plot is based on a large number of repetitions of characters' actions. A grandfather who asked his grandmother to help him pull out a turnip, and she in turn called her granddaughter, the granddaughter - the bug, the bug - the cat, the cat - the mouse, teach us that it is easier to cope with something together than separately.
Snow Maiden
The Snow Maiden is a fairy tale, according to the plot of which a grandfather and woman, who did not have children, decide to make a Snow Maiden in the winter. And she turned out so well for them that they began to call her daughter, and the Snow Maiden came to life. But then spring came and the Snow Maiden began to feel sad and hid from the sun. But, whatever happens, it cannot be avoided - the girlfriends invited the Snow Maiden to a party and she went, jumped over the fire and melted, shooting up in a cloud of white steam.
Winter hut of animals
The fairy tale “Winter Lodge of Animals” tells how a bull, a pig, a ram, a rooster and a goose ran away from an old man and an old woman in order to avoid their pitiful fate. Winter was approaching, and it was necessary to build a winter hut, but everyone refused to help the bull. And then the bull himself built a winter hut, and when the severe winter came, the animals began to ask him to spend the winter. The bull was kind and therefore allowed them to come to him. And the animals, in turn, repaid the bull for his kindness by driving away the fox, wolf and bear who wanted to eat them.
Fox-sister and wolf
The fairy tale about the little fox-sister and the wolf is one of the most famous folk tales for children; it is read in kindergartens and schools. And based on an interesting story about how a cunning fox tricked a wolf into depriving him of his tail, and rode home on top of a beaten wolf, saying “the beaten one is lucky for the unbeaten,” plays are staged and role-playing is organized.
By magic
The fairy tale "Po pike command"about how the unlucky and lazy Emelya the fool caught a magical pike that fulfilled all his desires, he only had to say the cherished words “at the behest of the pike, at my will.” This is where his carefree life began - he carried water in buckets, chopped wood with an ax, and drove his sleigh without horses. Thanks to the magic pike, Emelya turned from a fool into an enviable and successful groom, whom Princess Marya herself fell in love with.
Elena the Wise
Reading the Russian folk tale “Elena the Wise” is a pleasure - here you have the devil, and maidens turning into doves, and a beautiful wise queen, and an all-seeing magical book of knowledge. Amazing story the story of how a simple soldier fell in love with Helen the Wise and married her by cunning appeals to children of any age.
Magic ring
IN a cautionary tale“The Magic Ring” the author told the story of a kind boy Martynka, who was able to achieve a lot thanks to his kindness. Instead of buying bread, he saves a dog and a cat, then rescues a beautiful princess from trouble, for which he receives a magic ring from the king. With his help, Martynka builds wonderful palaces and lays out beautiful gardens, but one day trouble overtakes him. And then everyone whom he did not leave in trouble came to Martynka’s aid.
Zayushkin's hut
The fairy tale “Zayushkina’s Hut” is a story about how a cunning little fox settled in the hut of a little Zayushka. Neither the bear nor the wolf were able to drive the uninvited guest out of the bunny's house, and only the brave cockerel was able to cope with the cunning fox, who should not have taken over someone else's hut.
Princess Nesmeyana
Princess Nesmeyana had everything one could wish for, but she was still sad. No matter how hard he tried, the Tsar Father could not cheer up his only daughter. Then he decided that whoever makes the princess laugh will marry her. The fairy tale “Princess Nesmeyana” tells the story of how a simple worker, without knowing it, made the saddest girl in the kingdom laugh and became her husband.
Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka
Brother Ivanushka did not listen to his sister Alyonushka, drank water from the hoof and turned into a little goat. A story full of adventures, where an evil witch drowned Alyonushka, and a little goat saved her and, throwing himself over his head three times, again became brother Ivanushka, is told in the fairy tale “Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka.”
flying ship
In the Russian folk tale “The Flying Ship,” young readers learn about how the king decided to give his daughter to the one who would build the flying ship. And in one village there lived three brothers, the youngest of them was considered a fool. So the eldest and middle brothers decided to take on building the ship, but they didn’t succeed because they didn’t listen to the advice of the old man they met. But the youngest listened, and his grandfather helped him build a real flying ship. This is how the younger brother turned from a fool into the husband of a beautiful princess.
Goby - tar barrel
Grandfather made a bull out of straw for his granddaughter Tanyusha, and he took it and came to life. Yes, it turned out to be no ordinary bull, he had a tar barrel. By cunning he forced the bear, wolf and hare, stuck to his barrel, to bring gifts to his grandfather. The wolf brought a bag of nuts, the bear brought a beehive of honey, and the bunny brought a head of cabbage and a red ribbon for Tanyusha. Although they did not bring gifts of their own free will, no one was deceived, because everyone promised, and promises must be kept.