Popular Literature, Fiction and Songs in Imperial Russia Online

Popular Literature, Fiction and Songs in Imperial Russia Online

The collection illustrates the chief genres of Russian popular literature and includes chivalric tales, historical fiction and updated fairy tales, as well as stories of adventure, banditry, detectives, success, war and empire, women and gender. The collection follows the evolution of the Russian language in its popular commercial print form, an evolution that the Bolsheviks interrupted, but one that has now resumed.

Advisor: Jeffrey Brooks
Number of titles: 208
Languages used: Russian
E-ISBN: 978 90 04 19266 9

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Abrek, ili, Rodovai͡a mestʹ:povi͡estʹ iz vremen zavoevanīi͡a Kavkaza (prodolzhenīe povi͡esti "Shamilʹ").
Date: 1894
Agashin gri͡ekh:razskaz (iz narodnago byta) /
Date: 1909
Aĭ da i͡aroslavt͡sy! Vot tak narodet͡s!:pravdivyĭ razskaz o tom, kak odin i͡aroslavet͡s prishel pi͡eshkom v Piter, nadul cherta, odurachil ni͡emt͡sa, sdi͡elalsi͡a bufetchikom i zhenilsi͡a na starostikhinoĭ dochki͡e /
Date: 1908
Ali-Pasha Skutarīĭskīĭ:istoricheskai͡a povi͡estʹ iz vremen vozstanīi͡a slavi͡an protiv turet͡skago vladychestva /
Date: 1893
Amur v i͡ubki͡e
Date: 1914
Andreĭ Petrov
Date: 1914
Andreĭ-rotozi͡eĭ, ili, Dashʹ sebi͡e voli͡u, spustishʹ i ott͡sovskui͡u doli͡u!:narodnyĭ razskaz v stikhakh /
Date: 1862
Anekdoty i predanīi͡a o Petri͡e Velikom, pervom imperatori͡e zemli russkoĭ, i o ego li͡ubvi k gosudarstvu:v trekh chasti͡akh.
Date: 1873
Anna, kupecheskai͡a dochʹ, ili, Barkhatnyĭ ridikulʹ iz galantereĭnago ri͡adu:nravstvenno-povi͡estvovatelʹnyĭ roman /
Date: 1832
Armi͡ak i shuba, ili, Byl by um - denʹgi budut:skazka, a pozhaluĭ, i bylʹ /
Date: 1853
Ataman-Kolʹt͡so, ili, Posolʹstvo k t͡sari͡u Īoannu Groznomu:istoricheskīĭ razskaz v 2 chasti͡akh /
Date: 1899
Ataman Kuzʹma Roshchin:povi͡estʹ /
Date: 1901
Ataman Lʹvinoe Serdt͡se, ili, Chary volshebnika Sezama
Date: 1914
Ataman Stenʹka Razin:povi͡estʹ.
Date: 1901
Ataman Vasʹka Us:razskaz iz ėpokhi bunta Stenʹki Razina : prodolzhenīe razskaza Orel, pervyĭ russkīĭ korablʹ /
Date: 1900
Ataman volzhskikh razboĭnikov Ermak, kni͡azʹ sibirskīĭ:istoricheskīĭ roman iz vremen Īoanna Groznago /
Date: 1881
Azev i Sherlok Kholms.
Date: 1909
Babushka Marḟa, ili, Za Bogom molitva, a za t͡sarem sluzhba ne propadai͡ut
Date: 1900
Bezumnyĭ:razskaz iz narodnago predanīi͡a /
Date: 1889
Bi͡elyĭ general, ili istoricheskoe proiskhozhdenīe ego:populi͡arnoe izdanīe /
Date: 1900
Bitva russkikh s kabardint͡sami, ili, Prekrasnai͡a magometanka, umirai͡ushchai͡a na grobi͡e svoego supruga:russkai͡a povi͡estʹ v dvukh chasti͡akh : s voennymi marshami i khorami pi͡evshikh /
Date: 1843
Bitva russkikh s karbardint͡sami, ili, Prekrasnai͡a magometanka, umirai͡ushchai͡a na grobi͡e svoego muzha:roman v dvukh chasti͡akh.
Date: 1893
Bobylʹ-Vasi͡utka:povi͡estʹ iz fabrichnago byta.
Date: 1874
Bog ne bez milosti:razskaz /
Date: 1897
Boĭsi͡a Boga i Bog tebi͡a ne zabudet:razskaz.
Date: 1899
Borʹba mezhdu chortom i zhenshchinoĭ:narodnai͡a skazka /
Date: 1879
Bosi͡ak semʹi͡anin dvadt͡satago vi͡eka
Date: 1905
Brynskīĭ li͡es:povi͡estʹ XVI stoli͡etīi͡a /
Date: 1891
Charodi͡eĭ i ryt͡sarʹ:volshebnai͡a povi͡estʹ /
Date: 1911
Chortovo gni͡ezdo:razskaz iz narodnago byta /
Date: 1912
Chudesa v resheti͡e, ili, Pokhozhdenīe kupecheskikh synkov, s kupecheskimi prikashchikami, na nizhegorodskoĭ i͡armarki͡e:russkīi͡a narodnyi͡a st͡seny, v trekh chasti͡akh i vosʹmi kartinakh /
Date: 1846
Domovoĭ prokazit:razskaz /
Date: 1889
Duni͡achka, moskovskai͡a mezhduumochka, ili, Uzenʹkīĭ korsetet͡s:kriticheskīĭ roman /
Date: 1831
Dvi͡enadt͡satʹ bratʹev lebedeĭ, ili, Korolevna Zolotai͡a Zvi͡ezda:skazka.
Date: 1914
Dvi͡e sopernit͡sy:razskaz /
Date: 1897
Ermak, ili, Pokorenīe sibirskago t͡sarstva:istoricheskai͡a povi͡estʹ v dvukh chasti͡akh /
Date: 1863
Ermak - pokoritelʹ Sibiri:istoricheskīĭ roman iz vremen Īoanna Groznago /
Date: 1885
Ermak, zavoevatelʹ Sibiri:istoricheskai͡a povi͡estʹ /
Date: 1867
Fabrichnai͡a krasavit͡sa:razskaz /
Date: 1897
Ḟomushka v Piteri͡e, ili, Glupomu synu ne v pomoshchʹ bogatstvo:skazka, pokhozhai͡a na bylʹ /
Date: 1852
Gdi͡e dʹi͡avol bezsilen, tam baba silʹna:razskaz /
Date: 1910
Geroi moskovskikh trushchob: Aleshka Proĭdi-svi͡et i Nasti͡a Gorʹkai͡a
Date: 1908
Geroĭskīĭ podvig N.[sic]I. Polzunkova:razskaz iz russko-turet͡skoĭ voĭny /
Date: 1914
Golʹ na vydumki khitra:razskaz o tom, kak odnogo bi͡edni͡aka prostai͡a igolka snachala vyuchila, potom vyruchila /
Date: 1904
Gore ot zheny:razskaz /
Date: 1910
Govori͡ashchai͡a vorona i ei͡a slushateli:uveselitelʹnyĭ razskaz /
Date: 1867
Grishka Otrepʹev i smutnoe vremi͡a na Moskvi͡e
Date: 1900
Guak, ili, Nepreoborimai͡a vi͡ernostʹ:ryt͡sarskai͡a povi͡estʹ.
Date: 1877
Guak, ili, Nepreoborimai͡a vi͡ernostʹ:ryt͡sarskai͡a povi͡estʹ.
Date: 1882
Iskusstvo zhitʹ na chuzhoĭ schet v Moskvi͡e
Date: 1868
Istorīi͡a izvi͡estnago pluta Vanʹki Kaina
Date: 1865
Iz taĭnykh dokumentov znamenitago syshchika Sherloka Kholmsa
Date: 1907
Kak chert provel nochʹ v pli͡enu u - novobrachnykh
Date: 1913
Kak di͡evki sozhgli parni͡a v pechki͡e:svi͡atochnyĭ razskaz /
Date: 1911
Kak masterovoĭ Putilovskago i Mytishchenskago zavoda obuchal cherta na tokarnom stanki͡e
Date: 1910
Kak sobaka zagryzla ni͡emt͡sa
Date: 1915
Kak zachalosʹ russkoe t͡sarstvo:istoricheskīe razskazy di͡eda svoim vnukam /
Date: 1898
Kandaly bogatstva, ili, Tainstvennyĭ klad:razskaz /
Date: 1914
Karīe glazki:novi͡eishīĭ [sic] sbornik russkikh pi͡esen.
Date: 1915
Khorosha Masha, da ne nasha:veselyĭ razskaz /
Date: 1871
Kinʹ grustʹ:sbornik novi͡eĭshikh kupletov.
Date: 1902
Kochegar:novi͡eĭshīĭ pi͡esennik.
Date: 1915
Kochegar:novi͡eĭshīĭ pi͡esennik.
Date: 1911
Kogda i͡a na pochti͡e sluzhil i͡amshchikom:novyi͡a russkīi͡a pi͡esni i romansy.
Date: 1909
Kolechko:pi͡esennik /
Date: 1898
Konduktor zheli͡eznykh dorog:zabavnye razskazy i st͡seny na poi͡ezdi͡e /
Date: 1869
Kuznet͡skīĭ most:v stikhakh /
Date: 1846
Li͡esnoe chudovishche:fantasticheskai͡a skazka /
Date: 1897
Likhai͡a t͡syganka:razskaz /
Date: 1897
Lipa vi͡ekovai͡a:sbornik novi͡eĭshikh russkikh pi͡esen /
Date: 1909
Lipovai͡a mashina
Date: 1874
Li͡ubila Marusi͡a druga svoego:novi͡eĭshīĭ pi͡esennik.
Date: 1910
Li͡ubovʹ silʹni͡ee vrazhdy:razskaz sestry miloserdīi͡a iz posli͡edneĭ voĭny /
Date: 1915
Mali͡uta Skuratov, ili, Zlai͡a oprichnina.:istoricheskīĭ razskaz iz vremen t͡sarstvovanīi͡a Īoanna Groznago /
Date: 1900
Marfushka syshchik
Date: 1909
Margarita:pi͡esennik /
Date: 1903
Margarita:sbornik novi͡eĭshikh pi͡esen i romansov.
Date: 1897
Marʹina roshcha i Sokolʹniki, ili, Skazanīe o tom, kak molodye kupchiki propuskai͡ut, skvozʹ butylku, ott͡sovskīi͡a denezhki:v stikhakh : v dvukh chasti͡akh i semi kartinakh /
Date: 1846
Marusi͡a otravilasʹ:novi͡eĭshīĭ sbornik russkikh pi͡esen.
Date: 1912
Marusi͡a otravilasʹ, v bolʹnit͡su povezli:novyĭ pi͡esennik.
Date: 1912
Marusi͡a otravilasʹ, v bolʹnit͡su povezli:sbornik pi͡esen.
Date: 1915
Masha sirota, ili, Tregubyĭ volokita:povi͡estʹ /
Date: 1901
Moi͡a zhiznʹ, ili, Ispovi͡edʹ:moskovskīi͡a proizshestvīi͡a Aleksandra Orlova.
Date: 1832
Moi͡a zhiznʹ i pi͡esni dli͡a naroda
Date: 1901
Moĭ koster:novyĭ pi͡esennik : sbornik russkikh pi͡esen i stikhotvorenīĭ.
Date: 1917
Molodet͡skai͡a kruchina:pi͡esennik /
Date: 1896
Moskovskīi͡a taĭny:razskaz syshchika /
Date: 1862
Na Boga nadi͡eĭsi͡a, a sam ne ploshaĭ:razskaz /
Date: 1898
Na golodnom polozhenīi, ili, Pogoni͡a za millīonerom:razskaz /
Date: 1914
Na Kavkazi͡e:razskaz invalida /
Date: 1897
Na musulʹmanskom kladbishchi͡e:razskaz /
Date: 1897
Na paperti Bozhʹi͡ago khrama:novi͡eĭshīĭ pi͡esennik.
Date: 1911
Nat Pinkerton - korolʹ syshchikov
Date: 1915
Neschastnoĭ Nikanor, ili, Prikli͡uchenīe zhizni rossīĭskago dvori͡anina N********
Date: 1787
Nevi͡esta-koldunʹi͡a:russkai͡a skazka.
Date: 1887
Nevi͡esty-bezpridannit͡sy, ili, Luchshee pridanoe dli͡a molodykh di͡evit͡s, zhelai͡ushchikh bytʹ schastlivymi v supruzhestvi͡e:sekretnai͡a knizhka dli͡a damskago ridiki͡uli͡a /
Date: 1848
Nik Karter:amerikanskīĭ Sherlok Kholms.
Date: 1908
Nik Karter - korolʹ vsemīrno-izvi͡estnykh syshchikov
Date: 1908
Nizhegorodskīi͡a bezobrazīi͡a:razskazy syshchika o temnykh di͡elakh i skandalakh na i͡armarki͡e : traktiry, uveselitelʹnyi͡a zavedenīi͡a, Kunavino, Amalīi, aferisty, shullera, moshenniki, grabiteli, kommersanty, fabrikanty /
Date: 1869
Nochʹ u satany:volshebnai͡a povi͡estʹ /
Date: 1883
Novai͡a povi͡estʹ o prikli͡uchenīi͡akh anglīĭskago milorda Georga i brandenburgskoĭ markgrafini Frederiki-Luizy:v trekh chasti͡akh /
Date: 1891
Novi͡eĭshīĭ polnyĭ russkīĭ pi͡esennik Ermak:soderzhashchīĭ novi͡eĭshīi͡a pi͡esni, romansy i stikhotvorenīi͡a /
Date: 1903
Novyi͡a pi͡esni sapozhnikov
Date: 1911
Novyĭ korobeĭnik:sbornik pi͡esen.
Date: 1906
Obstoi͡atelʹnyi͡a i vi͡ernyi͡a istorīi dvukh moshennikov:pervago, rossīĭskago slavnago vora, razboĭnika i byvshago moskovskago syshchika Vanʹki Kaina : so vsi͡emi ego syskami, rozyskami, sumozbrodnoi͡u svadʹboi͡u i raznymi ego pi͡esni͡ami : vtorago, frant͡suzskago moshennika Kartusha : i ego sotovarishcheĭ.
Date: 1794
Ot li͡ubvi do visi͡elit͡sy:razskaz iz byta masterovykh /
Date: 1893
Panorama tolkuchago rynka
Date: 1858
Pered kaznʹi͡u nevinno-obsuzhdennago:povi͡estʹ /
Date: 1914
Peterburgskai͡a kukharka, ili, Prikli͡uchenīe na peskakh:fars v dvukh kartinakh /
Date: 1899
Peterburgskīe kolduny i koldunʹi
Date: 1868
Peti͡a Trubochist:soboĭ cheren, dushoĭ chist : razskaz /
Date: 1904
Pi͡esni i stikhotvorenīi͡a M.I. Ozhegova:samouchki pisateli͡a-krestʹi͡anina : Vatskoĭ gubernīi, Nolinskago ui͡ezda, Malkanskoĭ volosti, derovni [sic] Mikhino.
Date: 1901
Pi͡esni rodiny:stikhotvorenīi͡a /
Date: 1893
Pokhozhdenīi͡a syshchika Vanʹki Kaina
Date: 1918
Polnai͡a skazka o silʹnom, slavnom i khrabrom viti͡azi͡e Bovi͡e korolevichi͡e:i o prekrasnoĭ suprugi͡e ego korolevni͡e Druzhnevni͡e /
Date: 1918
Posli͡ednīĭ nyni͡eshnīĭ denechek guli͡ai͡u s vami i͡a druzʹi͡a:novyi͡a rekrutskīi͡a pi͡esni.
Date: 1913
Pravda bozhīi͡a
Date: 1834
Predanīe kak soldat spas Petra Velikago ot smerti u razboĭnikov
Date: 1859
Predanīe o tom, kak soldat spasaet Petra Velikago ot smerti
Date: 1866
Predanīe o tom, kak soldat spas Petra Velikago ot smerti
Date: 1857
Predanīe o tom, kak soldat spas Petra Velikago ot smerti
Date: 1843
Predanīe o tom, kak soldat spas zhiznʹ Petra Velikago
Date: 1895
Prii͡ezd deputata Vasʹki Li͡evago v derevni͡u
Date: 1910
Prikli͡uchenīi͡a otstavnogo soldata
Date: 1914
Prokli͡atyĭ dom, ili, Kartezhnyĭ igrok:roman v dvukh chasti͡akh /
Date: 1860
Puteshestvīe okhotnori͡adskago kupt͡sa na kometi͡e:fantasticheskīĭ razskaz /
Date: 1913
Puteshestvīe po svi͡etu Vilʹgelʹma na khvosti͡e u cherta:i͡umoristicheskīĭ razskaz iz sovremennoĭ voĭny /
Date: 1914
Rabotnichki:bozhīĭ narod /
Date: 1910
Raek
Date: 1878
Razboĭnik Churkin, ili, Krovavai͡a rasplata:narodnoe predanīe /
Date: 1885
Razboĭnik Churkin:narodnoe skazanīe /
Date: 1883
Razboĭnik Churkin v pli͡enu u cherkesov:narodnoe predanīe /
Date: 1885
Razboĭnik svat:Ermak Timofi͡eevich : istoricheskoe predanīe.
Date: 1881
Razgulʹe kupecheskikh synkov v Marʹinoĭ roshchi͡e, ili, Povalivaĭ! Nashi guli͡ai͡ut!:istinno satiricheskai͡a povi͡estʹ, 1835 goda, s t͡syganskimi pi͡esni͡ami /
Date: 1836
Raznyi͡a pisʹmennyi͡a materīi:sobrannyi͡a, dli͡a udovolʹstvīi͡a li͡ubopytnykh chitateleĭ /
Date: 1791
Razskaz Luki Medovago pro zhiznʹ veselui͡u
Date: 1910
Razskaz o tom, kak odna baba sotni͡u muzhikov obmanula
Date: 1912
Razskazy o t͡sari͡e-bati͡ushki͡e Petri͡e Velikom:kak on, s svoimi molodt͡sami-soldatami protiv supostatov voeval /
Date: 1897
Roman lakei͡a s gornichnoĭ Ḟeklusheĭ
Date: 1911
Russkīĭ Pinkerton:syshchik Trailin.
Date: 1918
Sbornik novi͡eĭshikh pi͡esen i romansov "Moĭ koster v tumani͡e svi͡etit"
Date: 1899
Semeĭnyĭ razdi͡el, ili, Ot bogatstva da po mīru
Date: 1909
Skazka ob Aleshi͡e Popovichi͡e, russkom bogatyri͡e
Date: 1887
Skazka ob Ivani͡e T͡Sarevichi͡e, si͡erom volki͡e i zhar-ptit͡si͡e
Date: 1859
Skazka ob Ivani͡e-t͡sarevichi͡e, zhar-ptit͡si͡e i si͡erom volki͡e
Date: 1910
Skazka o Ivani͡e bogatyri͡e, o prekrasnoĭ suprugi͡e ego Svi͡etlani͡e i o zlom volshebniki͡e Karachuni͡e
Date: 1856
Skazka o krestʹi͡anskoĭ svadʹbi͡e, selʹskom kolduni͡e i zelenoĭ ptit͡si͡e
Date: 1873
Skazka o li͡agushki͡e i bogatyri͡e
Date: 1847
Skazka o mstitelʹnoĭ koldunʹi͡e, chernom viti͡azi͡e, i dobroĭ fei͡e
Date: 1868
Skazka o silʹnom i slavnom viti͡azi͡e Eruslani͡e Lazarevichi͡e i o prekrasnoĭ suprugi͡e ego Anastasīi Vakhrami͡eevni͡e
Date: 1904
Skazka o silʹnom i slavnom viti͡azi͡e Eruslani͡e Lazarevichi͡e:o ego khrabrosti i o nevoobrazimoĭ krasoti͡e suprugi ego Anastasīi Vakhrami͡eevny /
Date: 1914
Skazka o slavnom i khrabrom bogatyri͡e Bovi͡e korolevichi͡e i o prekrasnoĭ korolevni͡e Druzhnevni͡e
Date: 1819
Skazka o slavnom i silʹnom bogatyri͡e Bovi͡e-korolevichi͡e, o prekrasnoĭ suprugi͡e ego Druzhnevni͡e
Date: 1894
Skazka o slavnom i silʹnom viti͡azi͡e Eruslani͡e Eruslanovichi͡e, syni͡e khrabrago bogatyri͡a Eruslana Lazarevicha, i o ego khrabrosti, i nevoobrazimoĭ krasoti͡e t͡sarevny Pulʹkherīi Eleazarovny
Date: 1820
Skazka o slavnom i silʹnom viti͡azi͡e Eruslani͡e Lazarevichi͡e i o prekrasnoĭ suprugi͡e ego, Anastasīi Vakhrami͡eevni͡e
Date: 1890
Skazka o slavnom kolduni͡e Paramoni͡e Paramonovichi͡e i likhom kupecheskom syni͡e Elistrati͡e Kuzʹmichi͡e
Date: 1884
Skazka o trekh korolevichakh
Date: 1870
Slavnyĭ podvig donskogo kazaka Kozʹmy Kri͡uchkova:razskaz iz russko-germanskoĭ voĭny v 1914-i͡u godinu /
Date: 1914
Soldatskīi͡a skazki
Date: 1915
Soloveĭ razboĭnik:russkai͡a skazka v trekh chasti͡akh.
Date: 1890
Soloveĭ-razboĭnik:russkai͡a skazka v trekh chasti͡akh.
Date: 1914
Solovʹikha-razboĭnit͡sa:razskaz iz narodnago byta /
Date: 1904
Son kupalʹshchit͡sy:sovremennyĭ razskaz iz zhizni odnoĭ khoroshenʹkoĭ osoby /
Date: 1910
Stenʹka Razin, ataman razboĭnikov:istoricheskai͡a povi͡estʹ iz vremen t͡sarstvovanīi͡a t͡sari͡a Aleksīi͡a Mikhailovicha.
Date: 1879
Stenʹka Razin, ataman razboĭnikov:povi͡estʹ : v dvukh chasti͡akh.
Date: 1865
Stenʹka Razin, razboĭnichīĭ ataman, byvshīĭ v t͡sarstvovanīe t͡sari͡a Aleksi͡ei͡a Mikhaĭlovicha:povi͡estʹ.
Date: 1865
Strashnai͡a nochʹ:razskaz /
Date: 1886
Strashnai͡a vi͡edʹma za Dni͡eprom:uzhasnoe proisshestvīe, sozhzhenīe koldunʹi /
Date: 1914
St͡seny iz narodnago byta raznykh stran i obshchestv
Date: 1872
Taĭny bulʹvarnykh alleĭ
Date: 1912
Taĭny bulʹvarnykh nomerov:khronika semeĭnoĭ zhizni XX-go vi͡eka /
Date: 1910
Taĭny i smertʹ kolduna:s natury /
Date: 1868
Taĭny moskovskikh bulʹvarnykh alleĭ:povi͡estʹ /
Date: 1911
Taĭny nizhegorodskoĭ i͡armarki:nravstvenno-satiricheskai͡a panorama v chetyrekh kartinakh, v stikhakh /
Date: 1846
Teli͡achʹe serdt͡se:veselyĭ razskaz /
Date: 1886
Tri mertvit͡sa-samoubīĭt͡sy [sic] v gosti͡akh u dʹi͡achka:povi͡estʹ /
Date: 1910
Tri zhertvy pod toporom zlodi͡ei͡a:povi͡estʹ /
Date: 1910
T͡Sarʹ Golod:povi͡estʹ /
Date: 1910
Turet͡skīi͡a zabavy, ili, Magometkiny zvi͡erstva:razskaz /
Date: 1915
Turet͡skīĭ dʹi͡avol smerti i razvrata:razskaz /
Date: 1915
Turet͡skīĭ pli͡ennik:istoricheskai͡a povi͡estʹ /
Date: 1914
Ubīĭstvo na ri͡eki͡e Sheksni͡e
Date: 1884
Vagon tretʹi͡ago klassa:veselyi͡a st͡seny /
Date: 1868
Vanʹka-Kain na Khitrovom rynki͡e:istinnoe proisshestvīe /
Date: 1909
Vanʹka Kain:sobranīe predanīĭ iz zhizni otvazhnago vora, syshchika i razboĭnika (zhivshago 1728-1745 goda) /
Date: 1869
V chem nashe schastʹe:razskaz iz krestʹi͡anskago byta /
Date: 1893
Veselye dni kupt͡sa Morodera-Zhivoglotova v moskovskikh trushchobakh
Date: 1917
Vi͡echnyĭ ukor ubīĭt͡si͡e:povi͡estʹ /
Date: 1910
Vi͡echnyĭ zhid:parodīi͡a /
Date: 1846
Vi͡edʹma, ili, Strashnai͡a nochʹ za Dni͡eprom:povi͡estʹ v trekh chasti͡akh /
Date: 1894
Vi͡edʹma iz Za-Dni͡epra, ili, Razboĭnik Soloveĭ:istoricheskoe povi͡estvovanīe vremen Vasilīi͡a Temnago : v 3-kh chasti͡akh /
Date: 1868
Voĭna i velikīĭ geroĭskīĭ podvig Maksima Kashevarova:razskaz iz russko-germanskoĭ voĭny /
Date: 1914
Voĭna kukharki s baryneĭ, ili, Nashla kosa na kamenʹ:peterburgskai͡a istorīĭka /
Date: 1866
Vokrug trona:roman /
Date: 1917
V pli͡enu:iz razskazov uchastnikov voĭny 1914 goda /
Date: 1915
V pli͡enu u cherkesov:narodnoe predanīe /
Date: 1892
Vsego po nemnozhku, ili, Chi͡em bogat - ti͡em i rad
Date: 1855
Vstri͡echa dvukh prīi͡ateleĭ, sli͡edui͡ushchikh na puti iz Titovki v Titovku
Date: 1870
V svi͡etlui͡u nochʹ na "Mandzhurki͡e":razskaz /
Date: 1904
V t͡si͡epi͡akh u kitaĭt͡sev:razskaz russkago mori͡aka.
Date: 1914
V vikhri͡e zhizni:roman /
Date: 1912
Zaboli͡el v pokhodi͡e:razskaz /
Date: 1904
Zachi͡em i͡a uvidi͡el tebi͡a:sbornik narodnykh pi͡esen.
Date: 1907
Zakoldovannyĭ klad:povi͡estʹ Kukeli͡a ; sostavlennai͡a po starinnomu skazanīi͡u.
Date: 1899
Zhiznʹ i kaznʹ Stenʹki Razina (volzhskago atamana):legenda : moe istoricheskoe izsli͡edovanīe po predanīi͡am kalmykov astrakhanskoĭ gubernīi /
Date: 1911
Zlatyi͡a gory
Date: 1911
Zlatyi͡a gory
Date: 1911
Zolotoĭ buket:polnyĭ russkīĭ pi͡esennik.
Date: 1914

The colorful cheap stories and songbooks that flooded Russia in the 19-20th centuries exemplify the richness of the Russian popular imagination. The literature of the lubok, named for the prints that circulated in the same milieu, was a ubiquitous expression of popular taste.

Cast between fairytale and myth, it represents an important aspect of the Russian cultural tradition; the underside of a great literature in which large themes are reduced to their most rudimentary elements. The collection includes penny dreadfuls, historical fiction, chivalric and bandit tales, detectives, family dramas, songbooks, and more. The collection also includes rags-to-riches tales of social mobility, adventures set in Siberia and the Caucasus, and the stories of the occult world of wizards and sorceresses. In addition, readers can find contemporary popular narratives about riding the new railroads. Taken together, these lively texts illustrate changing stereotypes of gender, ethnicity, and social class. Their authors also invoke historical memory, celebrating notable personages and eras of interest to their readers.

Virtually unknown to readers in the Soviet era, these crude texts are now recognized as the precursors of post-Soviet mass-market fiction. In Imperial Russia as today popular authors played on readers' hopes and dreams, as well as their animosities and fears. Then as now commercial authors created outlandish plots that saw a second life in the medium of film.

The collection of ca. 200 titles illustrates the chief genres of Russian popular literature originating in the early nineteenth century and including chivalric tales, historical fiction and updated fairy tales, as well as stories of adventure, banditry, detectives, success, war and empire, women and gender, and the occult. Among the remarkable titles is the complete text of Russia's first truly popular novel, N. I. Pastukhov's Bandit Churkin (1883-84), which counted Anton Chekhov among its thousands of readers. Here too are original and later versions of the classic early nineteenth-century chivalric tales, such as the adventures of Bova Korolevich, a story noted by Belinsky, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky. The collection also includes tales about Peter the Great and Ivan the Terrible, the Cossack rebels Sten'ka Razin and Pugachev, and heroes of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, the War with Japan, and World War I.

The authors of these crude texts celebrated the teeming life of Russian cities. Aficionados of the Russian detective story can delight in the Russian incarnations of Sherlock Holmes, Nat Pinkerton and Nick Carter, as did the critic and children's author Kornei Chukovsky. The collection also includes rags-to-riches tales of social mobility, adventures set in Siberia and the Caucasus, and the stories of the occult world of wizards and sorceresses. In addition, readers can find contemporary popular narratives about riding the new railroads such as Misha Evstigneev's The Railroad: New Humorous Descriptions of Scenes on the Train (1877) and also dramas of the battle of the sexes acted out in factories, tenements, and among the servants of rich merchants.

The collection features popular versions of well-known folktales such as The Story of Ivan the Tsar's Son, the Grey Wolf, and the Firebird, made famous by Stravinsky. Songbooks, with titles such as The Stoker (1915), Marusia Loved Her Friend (1910), and Marusia Poisoned Herself (1915) typify the changing oral culture in which printed texts became the standard for popular songs.

From popular songs to fairy tales and war stories, the collection follows the evolution of the Russian language in its popular commercial print form, an evolution that the Bolsheviks interrupted, but one that has now resumed.

Prof. Jeffrey Brooks, The Johns Hopkins University

Location of originals

National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg

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Popular Literature, Fiction and Songs in Imperial Russia Online, advisor: J. Brooks, Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2009 <http://brc.brill.semcs.net/browse/popular-literature-fiction-and-songs-in-russia>

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