Afanasyev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich
Afanasyev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich
əlyĭksän´dər nyĭkəlī´əvĭch əfənä´syəf [key], 1826–71, Russian folklorist. His collections, published from 1866 on, were instrumental in introducing Russian popular tales to world literature. A selection was translated into English asRussian Fairy Tales(1945).
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