Title page of the 1st edition of The Malachite Box (as a single volume), 1939.
The Malachite Box or The Malachite Casket (Russian: Малахитовая шкатулка, tr. Malakhitovaya Shkatulka, IPA:[məlɐˈxʲitəvəjəʂkɐˈtulkə]) is a book of fairy tales and folk tales (also known as skaz) of the Ural region of Russia compiled by Pavel Bazhov and published from 1936 to 1945. It is written in contemporary language and blends elements of everyday life with fantastic characters. It was awarded the Stalin prize in 1942. Bazhov's stories are based on the oral lore of the miners and gold prospectors.
The first edition of The Malachite Box was published on 28 January 1939. It consisted of 14 stories and an introduction, which contained some information about the life, industry and culture of the Urals and which the author tried to include into every edition of the collection. Later versions contained more than 40 stories. Not all stories are equally popular nowadays. The most popular tales were written between 1936 and 1939: "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" and its continuation "The Malachite Casket", "The Stone Flower" and its continuation "The Master Craftsman", "Silver Hoof", "Cat's Ears", "Sinyushka's Well", "The Manager's Boot-Soles". Among the later stories, "A Fragile Twig" (1940), "The Fire-Fairy" (1940), "Tayutka's Mirror" (1941), "Ivanko Krylatko" (1943), "That Spark of Life" (1943) are popular. The characters of the Ural Mountains folklore such as the Mistress of the Copper Mountain became very well known after their appearance in Pavel Bazhov's The Malachite Box.
TheMalachiteBox or TheMalachite Casket (Russian: Малахитовая шкатулка, tr. Malakhitovaya Shkatulka, IPA: [məlɐˈxʲitəvəjə ʂkɐˈtulkə]) is a book of fairy...
The Mistress of the Copper Mountain (Russian: Хозяйка медной горы, tr. Hozjajka mednoj gory), also known as TheMalachite Maid, is a legendary being from...
collection of fairy tales TheMalachiteBox, based on Ural folklore and published in the Soviet Union in 1939. In 1944, a translation of the collection into English...
Despite subtle differences in the categorizing of fairy tales, folklore, fables, myths, and legends, a modern definition of the literary fairy tale, as provided...
and later the same year as a part of the collection Prerevolutionary Folklore of the Urals. It was later released as a part of TheMalachite Casket collection...
of the stories in Pavel Bazhov's collection TheMalachiteBox. The first edition, released on 28 January 1939, consisted of 14 stories, based on the oral...
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based on the folklore of the Ural region of Siberia. It was first published in Uralsky Sovremennik in 1938, and later included in TheMalachite Casket collection...
as a part of the story collection TheMalachiteBox. "The Stone Flower" is considered to be one of the best stories in the collection. The story was translated...
of the collection of tales, TheMalachite Casket. This skaz describes how the first Cossacks came to the Ural Mountains and were faced a tribe of the "Old...
brother-in-law was going to the police at Brive. Anna then took possession of Marie's malachitebox. The justice of the peace from Brive, Moran, arrived...
apprenticeship at the Donetsk National Theater. With themalachitebox, Konovaleko would find his life's calling. The Tale of the Stone Flower is based on the Russian...
New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197 The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called malachite in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary...
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Tolstoy: literature, for The Road to Calvary Pavel Bazhov: literature, for TheMalachiteBox Margarita Aliger: for poetry, Zoya The awards for this year were...
New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197 The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called malachite in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary...
texts, TheMalachiteBox is considered to be a historical document, a symbolic representation of the history of Russia. Vladimir Sobolev foretold the end...
with bands of malachite on its base, it stands 36.8 centimetres high and weighs 6.175 kilograms (13.61 lb). The trophy was made by the Stabilimento Artistico...
were not washed upon exposure. Though the study found that the pigment did not penetrate through the cornea, malachite green is of concern and needs further...
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