Russian Fairy Tales: Palekh, Mstiora, Kholui

Editor: Irina L’vova

Illustrator: Yulia Besshaposhnikova

Publisher: Medniy Vsadnik

Print Length: 156 pages

Genre: Folk Tales, Older Children’s Book, Fiction / Children

Topic: Cultural Heritage/Legacy, Culture & Society

Folk tales belong to the treasures of Russian national culture. They are illustrated by the best masters of Russian lacquer painting, another invaluable part of ancient Russia’s cultural heritage. This publication is unique as it brings together for the first time illustrations to Russian folk tales produced at all the centres of lacquer miniatures – Palekh, Mstiora and Kholui.

Foreword by Ruth Wilson Gilmore

  • PART ONE: On Letter Writing, Commune, and the End of (This) World
  • PART TWO: Making Freedom in Forgotten Places
  • PART THREE: A Summer of Revolt
  • PART FOUR: One Hundred Forms of Homespac
  • PART FIVE: “We Are Peoples of the Lands, More Lands Than Could Ever Be Counted”
  • PART SIX: Rehearsals for Living / areyousurethatyoureallywanttobewell

AN AFTERWORD by Robin D.G. Kelley

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
INDEX

Goodreads listed Irina L’vova as the EditorYulia Besshaposhnikova as the Illustrator, and Marina Sorokina as one who wrote the Introduction. Regardless, there is no information regarding these individuals can be found online.

Source: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/23699158