Rebecca Pyatkevich, Ph. D. pyatkevich@lclark.edu Lewis & Clark College Resources for Introducing Students to Russian History, Fairytales, Culture, Literature & Art: Approaches for All Age Groups General: Suzanne Massie, Land of the Firebird. HeartTree Press: 2004 (1980). James H. Billington, The Icon and the Axe: An Interpretive History of Russian Culture. New York: 1970. W. Bruce Lincoln, Between Heaven and Hell: The Story of A Thousand Years of Artistic Life in Russia. New York: 1998. Orlando Figes, Natasha’s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia. New York, 2002. [but, author’s reputation is tainted. Use at your own risk]. Fairy Tales: Alexander Afanasyev, Russian Fairy Tales (Illustrated). Ivan Bilibin, illustrator. The Planet, 2012. Alexander Afanasyev, The Frog Princess (Illustrated). ). Ivan Bilibin, illustrator. The Planet, 2012. Alexander Afanasyev, Tale of Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird, and the Grey Wolf (Illustrated). ). Ivan Bilibin, illustrator. The Planet, 2013. Alexander Afanasyev, Vasilisa the Beautiful and Baba Yaga (Illustrated). ). Ivan Bilibin, illustrator. The Planet, 2012. Aleksandr Afanasyev, Russian Fairy Tales, Norbert Guterman, tr. Pantheon Books: 1945. Joanna Cole. Bony Legs. Scholastic, 1983. Genaddy Spirin, The Tale of the Firebird. Philomel Books, 2002. http://www.oldrussia.net/baba.html History: Ronald Hingley, Russia: A Concise History. London: Thames and Hudson, 2003. Robert Weinberg and Laurie Bernstein, Revolutionary Russia: A History in Documents. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Literature: Mark Lipovetsky and Valentina Brougher, 50 Writers: An Anthology of 20th Century Russian Short Stories. Valentina Brougher, Frank Miller and Mark Lipovetsky, trs. Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2011. Yevgeny Yevtushenko, ed. 20th Century Russian Poetry: Silver and Steel, An Anthology. Doubleday: 1993. S. Muchnik and A. Shafarenko, Salt Crystals on an Axe: Twentieth Century Russian Poetry in Congruent Translation. 2009.