Mountain Of Gems

A fairytale from the city of Tula about the little Shish who was bullied by his two brothers but outsmarted everyone, became rich and got rid of his brothers.

A tale from the Nanai from the borderriver between Russian & China: The Amur, home of the Amur-tiger. The fiancee of hunter Udago, the beautiful Chilchenai gets abducted by Mansjoer troops.

A tale from the only European Mongolian nation. There once lived an evil ruler khan who orders young men to come to him, but they are never heard of again. One day a young man was given 3 flat breads by his mother when it was his turn to go to the khan and they end up coming rather useful.

A fairytale about an evil wizard who kidnapped children and turned them into birds with a potion. The beautifull galia also gets taken and manages to escape but not without consequences. A boy Yumagulov later finds her and falls in love with her and in order to save her he must defeat the wizard.

In the past foxes were much like people. This story is about a lazy fox who lived with his neighbor, and how the foxes became what they are today.

A fairytale about the founding of St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, that became the Capital in 1712. The tale goes that there was a big rock in the way of the city at the location Czar Peter had planned his new capital to be. How to get it out of the way?

The little bear dreamed of becoming a gopher, then a deer and then a duck. Who will he be?

A fairytale from the city of Rostov. Young Vanya had a dream but what it's about he won't tell.

A Nenets tale from a district around the Pechora river north of Moscow. Maima and his grandmother live alone in the world. All the other people have been taken away by Sikhircha. In order to get them back, Maima must defeat Sikhircha.

A fairy tale about how an evil and greedy mister who ended up enduring misadventures and corrected himself.

A tale from the city of Moscow. A childless older couple who longed for a child of their own, lived in the the potters village near the Yauza river. They adopt a son of clay as their child, a good eater. Maybe too much of a good eater.

A tale from the city of Vladimir. About a pigheaded, stubborn woman, whom even the devil had troubles with.

Bears are responsible for more than just hibernating and eating berries. Here are three stories of a bear from the Evenki people.