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This imaginative retelling of the legend sets the tale against the dramatic events of the 20th-century: the Russian Revolution, Stalinism, the siege of Leningrad, and the rise of modern Communism.īut that authentic history is sprinkled liberally with magic dust.Īs we grow to care about our heroine Marya, we also meet bewitched birds that turn into men, house gnomes known as domovoy, a guardian of the forest named Leshi, the beautiful fairy Vila, and Baba Yaga herself. But Russian folklore has Koschei the Deathless, an immortal man - as elegant as he is evil - who woos and destroys young women. European fairy tales are populated by wicked witches and evil giants.

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