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A. N. Afanasʹev

Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev (Russian: Александр Николаевич Афанасьев) was a Russian Slavist and ethnographer who published nearly 600 Russian fairy and folk tales, one of the largest collections of folklore in the world. The first edition of his collection was published in eight volumes from 1855 to 1867, earning him the reputation as being the Russian counterpart to the Brothers Grimm.

Russian folklorist, collector of folk tales (1826-1871)

Born	23 July [O.S. 11 July] 1826
Died	5 October [O.S. 23 September] 1871

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Russian folk-tales: (tr. from the Russian)

by A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1873 — 26 editions
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Russian secret tales: bawdy folktales of old Russia

by A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1966 — 6 editions

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Salt: a Russian tale

by Harve Zemach, Margot Zemach, and A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1965 — 6 editions
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Salt: from a Russian folktale

by Jane Langton and A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1992 — 5 editions
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Russian folk-tales

by Leonard Arthur Magnus and A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1915 — 5 editions

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Narod-khudozhnik: mif, folʹklor, literatura

by A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1986 — 3 editions

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Das goldmähnige Pferd: russische Zaubermärchen : aus der Sammlung von Alexander Afanasjew

by A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1984 — 3 editions

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Les contes populaires russes

by A. N. Afanasʹev, Afanassiev, and Lise Gruel-Apert First published in 1988 — 3 editions
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Russian Fairy Tales

by A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1940 — 3 editions

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Narodnyi͡a︡ russkii͡a︡ legendy

by A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1859 — 3 editions
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Narodnye russkie skazki A.N. Afanasʹeva.

by A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1936 — 2 editions

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Russkii︠a︡ zavi︠e︡tnyi︠a︡ skazki

by A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1975 — 2 editions

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Russian folk tales

by A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1980 — 2 editions

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Russkīe satiricheskīe zhurnaly 1769-1774 godov: Ėpizod iz istorīi russkoĭ literatury XVIII vi͡eka

by A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1859 — 2 editions
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Russkie skazki: russkie narodnye skazki v obrabotke

by A. N. Afanasʹev, T. Sokolʹskai͡a, and G. M. Sokolʹskiĭ First published in 1987 — 2 editions
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Antiche fiabe russe: raccolte

by A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1953 — 2 editions

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Narodnye russkie skazki: iz sbornika A. N. Afanasʹeva

by A. N. Afanasʹev and V. P. Anikin First published in 1976 — 2 editions

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Russkie Narodnye Skazki

by A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1958 — 2 editions
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Narodnȳe russkie skazki ne dlya pechati, zavetnȳe poslovitsȳ i pogovorki

by A. N Afanasev and A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 1997 — 2 editions

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Peterburgskiĭ dnevnik: 1996-2003.

by A. N. Afanasʹev First published in 2003 — 2 editions

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Russian folklorist, collector of folk tales (1826-1871)

Born	23 July [O.S. 11 July] 1826
Died	5 October [O.S. 23 September] 1871

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OLID: OL49463A
ISNI: 0000000120272167
VIAF: 64000655
Wikidata: Q325004
Inventaire.io: wd:Q325004

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Афанасьев А. Н.
A. N. Afanas'ev
A. N. Afanasev
A. N. Afanasév
A. N Afanase̓v
Afanasʹev, A. N.
Afanasev, A. N. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich), 1826-1871.
A N 1826-1871 Afanasev
A N. 1826-1871 Afanasev
Aleksandr Afanasev
Александр Николаевич Афанасьев
А.Н.Афанасьев

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June 26, 2023	Edited by Сергей Малышев	Edited without comment.
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