Fairy Tales of the Peoples of Central Asia

The first unique collection of authentic Central Asian fairy tales on the Russian market! More than sixty Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Kyrgyz, and Turkmen works, gathered piece by piece from numerous sources of the 19th and early 20th centuries and processed by Russian orientalists, writers, and translators, will fully present to readers the fairy epic of five great nations.
Endowed with mighty witchcraft power, there are shapeshifters-ghouls, shaytans, peris, the serpent king-zhreh, envious bai and simple dervishes, magical birds and animals that can speak and transform into anyone, as well as the famous Khoja Nasreddin — these are the main characters of our magical tales.
A bright and unique plot palette, magic that is ubiquitous in fairy tales, condemnation of violence and injustice — these are the distinctive features of Central Asian folklore. And to make the journey through the world of fairy tales even more exciting and mysterious, we have adorned our edition with illustrations by Gustav-Theodor Pauli, Richard Sommer, Illarion Pryanishnikov, Thomas Witlam Atkinson, Vasily Vereshchagin, Frederic de Haenen, Vasily Perov, Mikhail Znamenko, Henri de Barbiche, Nikolai Karazin, and other artists.
Unleash your imagination and immerse yourself in the whimsical fairy-tale world of the peoples of Central Asia!