In 1939 Pavel Bazhov, a writer native to the Ural Mountains region of Russia, published his book of fairy tales titled “Malachite Casket: Tales from the Urals”. His tales were inspired by the oral lore of the miners and gold prospectors in the Urals, folklore poetic motifs and the beauty of the contemporary authentic language. … Continue reading The Urals Region: Folklore and Malachite Casket tales by Pavel Bazhov