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With snow on their boots

the tragic odyssey of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France during World War I
1998
Chronicles the activities of the soldiers who served in the Russian Legion of Honor in France during World War I.

The death of Ivan Ilyich

1981
The story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his dying so much as a passing thought.

The frog bride

2008
Prince Ivan, ordered to shoot an arrow into the air and seek a bride where it lands, aims for the marsh and finds himself engaged to a frog, but as time goes on the little frog proves itself to be a worthy wife.

Little daughter of the snow

2005
A retelling of Arthur Ransome's classic story, in which a childless old Russian couple makes a little girl out of snow and learns an important lesson about love when she comes to life.

Baba Yaga

a Russian folktale
1995
When she is sent by her father's cruel housemaid to the fearsome Baba Yaga, a clever young girl uses kindness to make her escape.

Bony-legs

1983
When a terrible witch vows to eat her for supper, a little girl escapes with the help of a mirror and comb given to her by the witch's cat and dog.

The night it rained pancakes

adapted from a Russian folktale
1980
Because he wants to keep the pot of gold he found, Ivan must outwit the lord of the manor who wants the gold for himself.

That apple is mine!

2000
In this retelling of a Russian folk tale, Rabbit, Crow, and Hedgehog fight over ownership of an apple, until Bear persuades them to share.

The Firebird

1994
A simple retelling of the Russian tale in which Prince Ivan encounters the magical Firebird who helps him defeat the evil Kotschei and rescue a princess.

Bearhead

a Russian folktale
1991
Bearhead succeeds in outwitting the witch Madame Hexaba and a frog-headed goblin.

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