Not Quite Russian Collection For Kids

The first installment of Russian Collection for Kids dealt with odd places and creatures. Volume two went all around the world exploring the various professions and lives of fascinating animals. Most of all, both volumes comprised the works of Russian authors. In volume three, we look beyond the borders of Russia. This collection includes fifteen folk tales – one from each of the former Soviet Republics, each with its own unique traditions and storytelling style. This collection includes the following works: - The Witch and The Sun's Sister, Russia - Ivan and the Wonder Book, Ukraine - The Golden Apple Tree, Belarus - Daphin and Vestra, Moldova - The Forbidden Knot, Estonia - How A Shepherd Boy Became a King, Latvia - Seven Ravens, Lithuania - Itygil, Kazakhstan - Three Swans with Black Wings, Kyrgyzstan - A Warrior and the Simurg Bird, Tajikistan - A Dream for Sale, Turkmenistan - Adopted Brother, Uzbekistan - A Poor Man and Three Pomegranates, Georgia - A Gold-Haired Maiden, Armenia, - A Tale of a Wise Woman, Azerbaizhan

The first installment of Russian Collection for Kids dealt with odd places and creatures. Volume two went all around the world exploring the various professions and lives of fascinating animals. Most of all, both volumes comprised the works of Russian authors. In volume three, we look beyond the borders of Russia. This collection includes fifteen folk tales - one from each of the former Soviet Republics, each with its own unique traditions and storytelling style.

The fifth and final installment of Russian Collection for Kids goes well and truly outside of the boundaries of Russia and all over the world. Folk tales and stories by foreign authors, narratives from various continents, fanciful and fascinating storylines, people, places, and animals - everything has been thrown in and mixed thoroughly in this comprehensive collection, bound to astonish and delight both children and grownups. This collection includes the following works: Golden Hair by Pavel Bazhov, Russia A Living Man in the Kingdom of the Dead - Nepal Folk Tale A Thief and a Sorcerer - Angola Folk Tale The Blue Beard by Charles Perrault, France A Man from a Jug - Japanese Folk Tale A Magical Peacock - Indian Folk Tale Beloved Sister by Astrid Lindgren, Sweden A Hawk and a Cat - Egyptian Folk Tale Where Tides Come From - Indonesian Folk Tale A Christmas Guest by Selma Lagerlief, Sweden The Spirit of Poverty by Myoko Matsutani, Japan Two Neighbors - Khmer Folk Tale Three Brothers - Tanzanian Folk Tale Sirenide by Gianni Rodari, Italy How a Badger Turned into a Teapot by Myoko Matsutani, Japan Aoolva Ulvhildur - Icelandic Folk Tale Faralahi, the Wealthy Heir - Madagascar Folk Tale A Gardener and His Masters by Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark Miss Universe with Dark-Green Eyes by Gianni Rodari, Italy A Clever Girl - Albanian Folk Tale Strawberries under the Snow - Japanese Folk Tale Ricke the Crest by Charles Perrault, France A Golden Turtle - Laotian Folk Tale Vermland Legend by Selma Lagerlief, Sweden Cotton - Iranian Folk Tale A Smart Woman - Tajik Folk Tale A Thistle's Fate by Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark

Fujimura takes us across history and into Russian society, its orphanages and shelters, and along the streets of the nation to see how abandoned children are stigmatized and shunned. Readers come to understand how and why these children, left orphans by death or by choice, form their own culture to find power and to survive. This pioneering work on child abandonment looks at Russian society from a new angle: from the perspectives of abandoned youngsters and their caretakers. Based on direct observation of and interviews with abandoned children, this work shows why any effort to rescue these children calls for a deep understanding of Russian culture, and why any effort to address abandonment in Russia calls for a joint effort between psychologists, social workers, and the children themselves. Researcher Fujimura takes us across history, into Russian society, its orphanages and shelters, and along the streets of the nation to see how abandoned children are stigmatized and shunned. We also come to understand how and why these children, left orphans by death or by choice, form their own culture to find power and to survive. This pioneering work on child abandonment looks at Russian society from a new angle: from the perspectives of abandoned youngsters and their caretakers. Based on direct observation of and interviews with abandoned children, this work shows why any effort to rescue these children calls for a deep understanding of Russian culture, and why any effort to affect abandonment in Russia calls for a joint effort between psychologists, social workers, and the children themselves.

Building on long-forgotten archives and detailed case studies, Representing Russia's Orient reveals how complex representations of oriental subjects in nineteenth-century Russian art music, which often merged elements of East and West, contributed to the formation of Russia's national identity.

At the height of the Russian industrial revolution, legions of children toiled in factories, accounting for fifteen percent of the workforce. Yet, by the end of the nineteenth century, their numbers had been greatly reduced, thanks to legislation that sought to protect the welfare of children for the first time. Russia's Factory Children presents the first English-language account of the changing role of children in the Russian workforce, from the onset of industrialization until the Communist Revolution of 1917, and profiles the laws that would establish children's labor rights. In this compelling study, Boris B. Gorshkov examines the daily lives, working conditions, hours, wages, physical risks, and health dangers to children who labored in Russian factories. He also chronicles the evolving cultural mores that initially welcomed child labor practices but later shunned them. Through extensive archival research, Gorshkov views the evolution of Russian child labor law as a reaction to the rise of industrialism and the increasing dangers of the workplace. Perhaps most remarkable is his revelation that activism, from the bourgeoisie, intellectuals, and children themselves, led to the conciliation of legislators and marked a progressive shift that would impact Russian society in the early twentieth century and beyond.

An anthology of favorite Russian poems, stories and folk tales for children, arranged in sections for three different age groups, and a collection of folklore.