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3 unusual facts about Alexander Afanasyev


Alexander Afanasyev

Censured by the authorities for his contacts with Herzen and suffering from tuberculosis, Afanasyev ended his life in penury, forced to sell his library to enable himself to eat.

He is said to have become acquainted with folktales from local women in his home town of Bobrov.

Pribaoutki

Pribaoutki is a cycle of four songs composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1914 to Russian texts by Alexander Afanasyev.



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