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| Afanasyev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich |
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( ly ksän´d r ny k l ´ v ch f nä´sy f) (KEY) , 182671, Russian folklorist. His collections, published from 1866 on, were instrumental in introducing Russian popular tales to world literature. A selection was translated into English as Russian Fairy Tales (1945). |
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