Stories About Stepan Razin

The audiobook “Tales about Stepan Razin,” created based on the works of the expert in Russian history and an outstanding children’s writer Sergey Petrovich Alekseev, is a vivid and engaging journey into the past of our Motherland.

The narrated tales awaken children’s interest in studying the history of the Fatherland, teach them to be proud of their ancestors, and cultivate patriotism.

In an interesting and accessible way, the audiobook tells about Stepan Timofeyevich Razin—the leader of the uprising of Cossacks and peasants—about his campaign along the Don and the Volga, about the capture of Astrakhan and Tsaritsyn, Saratov, Samara, and many other cities, villages, and hamlets. Much attention is given to Razin’s bright and extraordinary personality. Listeners themselves will decide who the legendary Cossack ataman was: a cunning, cruel, and merciless villain and adventurer—or a noble robber and a folk hero who dreamed of giving freedom to ordinary people.