Tales of the Terek Cossacks and Caucasian Highlanders
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Tales of the Terek Cossacks and Caucasian Highlanders
9.99 €
Yevgeny Zakharovich Baranov (1869–1934) was a Russian writer and folklore collector. His father, a small trader, came from a family of former serfs. He traveled extensively throughout the farthest corners of Russia, and then settled in Nalchik, where Yevgeny was born. After graduating from a city school, Yevgeny, feeling a craving for creativity, entered the Moscow Stroganov School. However, the young man did not study there for long: a few months later he was arrested for participating in a Narodnaya Volya circle and sent back to Nalchik. From the late 1880s, Baranov’s life was eventful. Wealth and poverty, literary and physical labor alternated; Yevgeny received both approval and ridicule. He earned his living in a variety of ways: he worked as a clerk and proofreader, wrote articles for newspapers and magazines, petitioned for court cases, sold books at the market, washed dishes in taverns, and picked potatoes, corn, and grapes. Of all the activities he tried, Yevgeny Zakharovich was most attracted to collecting folklore. Baranov traveled around the Caucasus for a long time, and also visited the Don and Crimea. During his travels, he met different people, took notes on their lives and customs, and memorized legends and fairy tales. He tried to write down the stories he heard so that they would not lose their original originality in the process of literary processing. As a result of long, painstaking work, Baranov managed to collect an extensive collection of folklore materials. Unfortunately, most of it has not survived: in 1928, a fire broke out in the writer's apartment, destroying the archival records. However, Baranov managed to publish some of his texts in magazines, newspapers and books. Among them are the tales of the Terek Cossacks and the tales of the Caucasian highlanders presented in this collection. These tales will tell readers about dangerous adventures and exciting events, introduce them to unseen creatures and reveal ancient secrets. Their brave, beautiful heroes are captured in the wonderful drawings of Vasily Komarov.
Vasily Ivanovich Komarov (1868-1918) is a Russian painter and graphic artist. The artist was born in one of the villages of the Moscow province into a peasant family. He first received his artistic education at a drawing school in Moscow, and then attended the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture as an auditor. The artist traveled a lot, including to the Crimea and the Caucasus. During his trips, he made sketches, painted genre paintings and landscapes. In addition, Komarov loved to do book graphics: he illustrated the works of N. Gogol and M. Lermontov and created a series of illustrations for the fairy tales collected by Baranov.
Vasily Ivanovich Komarov (1868-1918) is a Russian painter and graphic artist. The artist was born in one of the villages of the Moscow province into a peasant family. He first received his artistic education at a drawing school in Moscow, and then attended the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture as an auditor. The artist traveled a lot, including to the Crimea and the Caucasus. During his trips, he made sketches, painted genre paintings and landscapes. In addition, Komarov loved to do book graphics: he illustrated the works of N. Gogol and M. Lermontov and created a series of illustrations for the fairy tales collected by Baranov.
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