White Ravens’99/Russia/78056
Budur, Natal’ja (ed.) 
 Chryceva, Tat’jana (design)
 Ionajtis, Ol’ga (illus.)
 Rozdestvo
 (Christmas)
 Moskva: Kontrakt, 1997. 414pp
 ISBN 5-900785-18-1
 Russia/Customs and traditions - Christmas
 Ever since the fall of Communism there has been considerable effort to present religious themes. While
 there are hardly any new writings to be found, texts 
 by pre-revolutionary authors and from other European countries are being re-published. This especially
 at-tractive book begins with the Christmas story as told in the Book of Luke, and is followed by texts
 about the birth of Jesus and Christmas celebrations by Russian authors such as Vladimir Nabokov,
 Aleksandr Blok, Ivan Bunin, Fëdor Dostoevskij, Fëdor Tjutcev, Aleksandr Puškin, Vasilij Zukovskij,
 Afanasij Fetan, 
 as well as translated pieces by Otfried Preussler, Hans Christian Andersen, Selma Lagerlöf, Elsa Beskow,
 Viktor Rydberg, Astrid Lindgren und Alf Prøysen, 
 and Christmas tales from England and France. In addition this extensive treasury offers information about
 food and customs common at the Christmas season in Russia. (8+) 

Backward      Forward      Countries