Legends

“The five legends created by Mamin-Sibiryak occupy a small but distinctive place in his oeuvre.

In 1889, the writer addressed the Society of Lovers of Russian Literature with the following lines: “Every summer I have to travel through the Urals, and along the way I never miss an opportunity to record everything that concerns the ethnography and, in general, the everyday life of this vast and diverse region. Among other things, I would like to take up collecting songs, tales, beliefs, and other works of folk creativity, and therefore I venture to appeal to the Society with a request — whether it might find it possible to issue me an open letter for the above-mentioned purpose…”…