Category: Russia

October 10, 2017

The Miser (Russian Fairy Tales) by W. R. S. RALSTON

There once was a rich merchant named Marko—a stingier fellow never lived! One day he went out for a stroll. As he went along the road he saw a beggar—an old man, who sat...

October 9, 2017

The Three Copecks (Russian Fairy Tales) by W. R. S. RALSTON

There once was a poor little orphan-lad who had nothing at all to live on; so he went to a rich moujik and hired himself out to him, agreeing to work for one copeck...

August 31, 2017

The Golovikha (Russian Fairy Tales) by W. R. S. RALSTON

A certain woman was very bumptious. Her husband came from a village council one day, and she asked him: “What have you been deciding over there?” “What have we been deciding? why choosing a...

August 30, 2017

The Bad Wife (Russian Fairy Tales) by W. R. S. RALSTON

A bad wife lived on the worst of terms with her husband, and never paid any attention to what he said. If her husband told her to get up early, she would lie in...

August 29, 2017

The Awful Drunkard (Russian Fairy Tales) by W. R. S. RALSTON

Once there was an old man who was such an awful drunkard as passes all description. Well, one day he went to a kabak, intoxicated himself with liquor, and then went staggering home blind...

August 28, 2017

The Cross-Surety (Russian Fairy Tales) by W. R. S. RALSTON

Once upon a time two merchants lived in a certain town just on the verge of a stream. One of them was a Russian, the other a Tartar; both were rich. But the Russian...

Category: Russia

The Miser (Russian Fairy Tales) by W. R. S. RALSTON

The Three Copecks (Russian Fairy Tales) by W. R. S. RALSTON

The Golovikha (Russian Fairy Tales) by W. R. S. RALSTON

The Bad Wife (Russian Fairy Tales) by W. R. S. RALSTON

The Awful Drunkard (Russian Fairy Tales) by W. R. S. RALSTON

The Cross-Surety (Russian Fairy Tales) by W. R. S. RALSTON

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