Alexander Afanasyev
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Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev 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. This collection was not strictly Russian, but included folk... Wikipedia
Born: July 23, 1826, Boguchar, Russia
Died: October 5, 1871 (age 45 years), Moscow, Russia
Full name: Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev
Notable works: Russian Fairy Tales, Poetic Views of the Slavs on Nature
