Fairy tales are poetic stories about extraordinary events and adventures involving fictional characters. In modern Russian, the concept of the word “fairy tale” has acquired its meaning since the 17th century. Until that point, the word "fable" was supposedly used in this meaning.

One of the main features of a fairy tale is that it is always based on an invented story, with a happy ending, where good defeats evil. The stories contain a certain hint that enables the child to learn to recognize good and evil and to comprehend life through clear examples.

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Reading fairy tales is one of the main and important stages on your child’s path to life. Various stories make it clear that the world around us is quite contradictory and unpredictable. By listening to stories about the adventures of the main characters, children learn to value love, honesty, friendship and kindness.

Reading fairy tales is useful not only for children. Having grown up, we forget that in the end good always triumphs over evil, that all adversity is nothing, and a beautiful princess is waiting for her prince on a white horse. It’s quite easy to give a little good mood and plunge into a fairy-tale world!

So I go to bookstores, look at all sorts of Russian folk tales =) this is of course good... but I also want to not only read books =) but also watch cartoons =)

Today I sat down and gathered all Polina’s books into an armful, and let’s look for videos (cartoons) in VKontakte =) I didn’t find everything... for some reason...

but in any case, at least something =) if I didn’t find it, I’ll look for it in RuNet, or I’ll buy it on disk =)

and here’s the actual list =)))) I’m sharing, maybe someone will find it useful too =)

A

Arys-field

B

Baba Yaga and Zhikhar
Baba Yaga
Barin and man
Master and dog
Master Blacksmith
The runaway soldier and the devil
Poor master and servant
Poor guy
Illiterate village
Carefree wife
Legless and armless heroes
Legless and blind heroes
White duck
Birch and three falcons
Unmemorable son-in-law
bean seed
Chatty woman
Hunter Brothers
Well done Bulat
Bull, ram, goose, rooster and wolf
There was a German manager in one landowner village

IN

In one village there lived an old man
Vanyushka and the princess
Vasilisa the Beautiful
The Witch and the Sun's Sister
Prophetic oak
Prophetic boy
Prophetic dream
There is the sun in the forehead, a month on the back of the head, stars on the sides
Wolf and goat
Wolf and kids
The wolf and the seven Young goats
Fool Wolf
Magic water
Magic ring
Magic berries
Magic caftan
Thief
Thieving man
Crow and cancer
Crow
The girl got married

G

Stupid lady
Grief
Gorshenya
potter
Pot
Swan geese

D

It was a long time ago...
Two Ivans - soldiers' sons
Two friends
Two from the bag
Grandfather and grandson
Wooden eagle
Dobry pop
Doka on doka
Pesky tales
Expensive leather
Daughter and stepdaughter
Duma
The Fool and the Birch

E

Elena the Wise
Emelya the Fool

AND

The Firebird and Vasilisa the Princess
Prover wife
The Wrangling Wife
Crane and heron

Z

For a bad head - work for the legs
For a shoe - a chicken, for a chicken - a piece
Puzzles
The Enchanted Princess
Zayushkin's hut
Hare
Animals in the pit
Animal milk
Witch Doctor
golden slipper
Golden horse
The Golden Cockerel
Dawn, Evening and Midnight

AND

Ivan - widow's son
Ivan - peasant son and Miracle Yudo
Ivan is a peasant's son
Ivan Bestalanny and Elena the Wise
Ivan the Terrible and the Thief
Ivan the peasant son and a peasant himself with a finger, a mustache for seven miles
Ivan the Peasant Son and Miracle Yudo
Ivan the Fool
Ivan Tsarevich and the White Polyanin
Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf

TO

How the master bought a sheep
How are things in Rostov?
How the deacon was treated to honey
How Ivan the Fool guarded the door
How the fox sewed a fur coat for the wolf
How the husband managed the house
How a husband weaned his wife off fairy tales
How a man divided geese
How a priest hired a worker
Kakofey
Porridge from an ax
Kikimora
Treasure
Goat Tarata
Goat
Little goats and a wolf
Kozma Skorobogaty
Kolobok
Magic ring
Who will be better off on judgment day?
Horse, tablecloth and horn
Queen Witch
The prince and his uncle
Cat and fox
Cat, rooster and fox
Kochet and chicken
Kochetok and chicken
Koschei the Deathless
Crooked duck
Tiny Khavroshechka
Kuzma Skorobogaty
A man bought a goose for the holiday and hung it in the hallway
Ryaba hen

L

Lazy wife
flying ship
Goblin
Fox and blackbird
Fox and Crane
Fox and Hare
Fox and goat
Fox and jug
Fox and cancer
Fox and black grouse
Fox, hare and rooster
Fox Confessor
Fox midwife
The fox-maiden and Kotofey Ivanovich
Fox-sister and wolf
Dashingly one-eyed
Lutonyushka

M

Thumb Boy
Marya Morevna
Marya Krasa - long braid
Masha and the Bear
Medvedko, Usynya, Gorynya and Duginya heroes
Copper, silver and golden kingdoms
Mena
Mizgir
Rejuvenating apples
Morozko
Hassle
Sea king
The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise
Wise Maiden
The Wise Maiden and the Seven Thieves
Wise wife
Wise Answers
husband and wife
The man and the gentleman
Man and hare
Man and bear
Man and pop
Man, bear and fox
Mouse and Sparrow

N

Stuffed fool
Slander water
Frightened wolves
Frightened bear and wolves
Father's Instruction
Nesmeyana the Princess
Inept Wife
Nikita Kozhemyaka
Night dancing

ABOUT

About Vaska-Muska
About the Villager and the She-Bear
About the gypsy
One stupid woman
Petrified Kingdom
The slandered merchant's daughter
Hunter and his wife

P

Shepherd's pipe
Feather of Finist the clear falcon
Rooster and bob
Rooster and millstones
Rooster and hen
Petukhan Kurikhanych
Cockerel - golden comb
Cockerel - golden comb and millstones
Cockerel
Legs up to the knees in gold, arms up to the elbows in silver
A penny of glitter
At the behest of the pike
The man took three-quarters of the rye to town to sell
Go there - I don’t know where, bring that - I don’t know what
Go there - I don’t know where, bring that - I don’t know what
Pop and boy
Pop and worker
Pop in the next world
Pop Groin
Popova cow
Popov's subterfuges
Promised
Funeral of a goat
Fake illness
About the white bull
About a stupid snake and a smart soldier
About Ivanushka the Fool
About a poor man
About the old lady and the bull
bird tongue
Bubble, straw and bast shoe

R

Robbers
Talk
A Witch's Tale
Tales of the Dead
turnip
Mitten

WITH

Gemstone
Shoemaker in the sky
Pig at a wedding
Seven Simeons
Silver saucer and pouring apple
Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka
Sister Alyonushka, brother Ivanushka
Sivka-Burka
Sivko-Burko
The Legend of the Brave Knight Ukrom-Tabunshchik
The Tale of Vasilisa, the Golden Braid and Ivan the Pea
The Tale of Ersha Ershovich, Shchetinnikov's son
The Tale of the Wicked Wife
The Tale of the Bonebreaker Bear and Ivan, the Merchant's Son
The Tale of Rejuvenating Apples and Living Water
The tale of the glorious hero Eruslan Lazarevich
The Tale of Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf
Fast messenger
Violinist in Hell
Stingy
Death of a Miser
Snow Maiden
Snow Maiden and Fox
Soldier and dumplings
Soldier and death
Soldier and king in the forest
The soldier delivers the princess
Soldier-storyteller
Soldier's riddle
Soldier's overcoat
Soldiers' school
Matched children
The old man and the wolf
Court

T

Teremok
Tereshechka
Three rolls and one bagel
Three Bears

U

A man had a piece of bacon hanging in his hallway
One woman had a deaf husband
Daring farmhand
Smart Dunya
Smart worker

F

Finist - clear falcon
Foma Berennikov

X

Khavroshechka
Tricky Science
Whip and Sneaky
Good, but bad
Crystal Mountain

C

Princess solving riddles
Snake Princess
Princess Frog
Tsar Ivan and the Lapotnik
Tsar Maiden
Tsar Bear

H

What doesn't happen in the world
Devil the lender
Chivy, chivy, chivychok...
Wonderful shirt
Wonderful little shoes
Wonderful box

Sh

Shabarsha
The soldier was walking home
Shemyakin court

I

Here on this site there are these fairy tales in their entirety =)

PS: I didn’t even know about more than half =)

1 - About the little bus who was afraid of the dark

Donald Bisset


A fairy tale about how mother bus taught her little bus not to be afraid of the dark... About the little bus who was afraid of the dark read Once upon a time there was a little bus in the world. He was bright red and lived with his dad and mom in the garage. Every morning …

2 - Three kittens

Suteev V.G.

A short fairy tale for the little ones about three fidgety kittens and their funny adventures. Little children love short stories with pictures, which is why Suteev’s fairy tales are so popular and loved! Three kittens read Three kittens - black, gray and...

3 - Hedgehog in the fog

Kozlov S.G.


A fairy tale about a Hedgehog, how he was walking at night and got lost in the fog. He fell into the river, but someone carried him to the shore. It was a magical night! Hedgehog in the fog read Thirty mosquitoes ran out into the clearing and began to play...

4 - About the mouse from the book

Gianni Rodari


A short story about a mouse who lived in a book and decided to jump out of it into the big world. Only he did not know how to speak the language of mice, but knew only a strange book language... Read about a mouse from a book...

5 - Apple

Suteev V.G.


A fairy tale about a hedgehog, a hare and a crow who could not divide the last apple among themselves. Everyone wanted to take it for themselves. But the fair bear judged their dispute, and each got a piece of the treat... Apple read It was late...

6 - Black Pool

Kozlov S.G.


A fairy tale about a cowardly Hare who was afraid of everyone in the forest. And he was so tired of his fear that he decided to drown himself in the Black Pool. But he taught the Hare to live and not be afraid! Black Whirlpool read Once upon a time there was a Hare...

7 - About the Hedgehog and the Rabbit A piece of winter

Stewart P. and Riddell K.


The story is about how the Hedgehog, before hibernation, asked the Rabbit to save him a piece of winter until spring. The rabbit rolled up a large ball of snow, wrapped it in leaves and hid it in his hole. About the Hedgehog and the Rabbit A piece...

8 - About the Hippopotamus, who was afraid of vaccinations

Suteev V.G.

A fairy tale about a cowardly hippopotamus who ran away from the clinic because he was afraid of vaccinations. And he fell ill with jaundice. Luckily, he was taken to the hospital and treated. And the hippopotamus became very ashamed of his behavior... About the Hippopotamus, who was afraid...

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7. Masha and the Bear

8. Morozko

9. The Man and the Bear (Tops and Roots)

10. Cockerel - Golden comb and millstones

11. At the behest of the pike

13. Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka

14. Sivka-Burka

15. Snow Maiden

16. Teremok

5. Legless and armless heroes

6. Legless and blind heroes

8. Birch and three falcons

9. Hunter Brothers

10. Well done Bulat

11. Bukhtan Bukhtanovich

14. The Witch and the Sun's Sister

15. Prophetic boy

16. Prophetic dream

17. There is a sun in the forehead, a month on the back of the head, stars on the sides

18. Mushroom War

19. Magic water

22. Magic berries

23. Magic horse

24. Clay guy

28. Two from the bag

29. Girl in the well

30. Wooden eagle

31. Elena the Wise

32. Emelya the Fool

33. The Firebird and Vasilisa the Princess

34. The Enchanted Princess

35. Animal milk

36. Golden Slipper

37. Golden Cockerel

38. Dawn, evening and midnight

39. Ivan - widow's son

40. Ivan - son of a cow

41. Ivan - peasant son and Miracle Yudo

42. Ivan - a peasant's son

43. Ivan the Bestalent and Elena the Wise

44. Ivan is a peasant son and a peasant himself with a mustache for seven miles

45. Ivan Tsarevich and the White Polyanin

47. Kikimora

51. Horse, tablecloth and horn

52. Korolevich and his uncle

55. Flying ship

57. Dashing one-eyed

58. Lutonyushka

59. Boy with Thumb

60. Marya Morevna

61. Marya-Krasa - long braid

62. Masha and the Bear

63. Medvedko, Usynya, Gorynya and Duginya heroes

64. Copper, silver and golden kingdoms

67. Wise maiden

68. The wise maiden and the seven thieves

69. Wise wife

70. Wise answers

71. Nesmeyana the Princess

72. Night dancing

73. Petrified Kingdom

74. Shepherd's pipe

75. Cockerel - Golden comb and millstones

76. Feather of Finist the clear falcon

77. Legs up to the knees in gold, arms up to the elbows in silver

78. At the behest of the pike

79. Go there - I don’t know where, bring that - I don’t know what

80. Truth and Falsehood

81. Fake illness

82. About a stupid snake and a smart soldier

83. Bird's tongue

84. Robbers

85. Seven Simeons

86. Silver saucer and pouring apple

87. Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka

88. Sivka-Burka

89. The Tale of Vasilisa, the Golden Braid, and Ivan the Pea

90. The Tale of the Bonebreaker Bear and Ivan, the Merchant's Son

91. The Tale of Rejuvenating Apples and Living Water

92. The Tale of Ivan the Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf

93. Tales of the brave knight Ukrom-Tabunshchik

94. Tablecloth, ram and bag

95. Fast messenger

96. Snow Maiden

97. Snow Maiden and Fox

98. The soldier delivers the princess

99. Sun, Moon and Raven Voronovich

100. Suma, give me some wisdom!

101. Tereshechka

102. Three kingdoms - copper, silver and gold

103. Finist - clear falcon

105. Tricky science

106. Crystal Mountain

107. Princess solving riddles

110. Tsar Maiden

111. Tsar Bear

112. Chivy, chivy, chivychok...

113. Wonderful shirt

114. Wonderful little shoes

115. Wonderful box

8. Wolf, quail and jerk

10. Crow and cancer

11. Where was the goat?

12. Stupid wolf

13. Crane and heron

14. For a shoe - a chicken, for a chicken - a goose

16. Hares and frogs

17. Animals in the pit

18. Winter quarters of animals

19. Golden horse

20. Golden Cockerel

21. How the wolf became a bird

22. How the fox learned to fly

23. How the fox sewed a fur coat for the wolf

27. Cat - gray forehead, goat and ram

28. Cat and Fox

29. Cat, Rooster and Fox

30. Kochet and chicken

31. Crooked duck

32. Kuzma is soon rich

33. Chicken, mouse and black grouse

34. Lion, pike and man

35. Fox is a wanderer

36. Fox and blackbird

37. Fox and crane

38. Fox and goat

39. Fox and jug

40. Fox and bast shoe

41. Fox and cancer

44. Fox Confessor

45. Fox midwife

46. ​​The fox-maiden and Kotofey Ivanovich

47. Fox-sister and wolf

48. Masha and the Bear

49. Bear - fake leg

50. Bear and fox

51. Bear and dog

52. The Man and the Bear (Tops and Roots)

53. Man, bear and fox

54. Mouse and Sparrow

55. Scared wolves

56. Scared bear and wolves

57. Wrong court of birds

58. No goat with nuts

59. About Vaska - Muska

60. About the toothy pike

61. Sheep, fox and wolf

62. Rooster and bob

63. Rooster and hen

64. Cockerel

65. Cockerel - Golden comb and millstones

66. At the behest of the pike

67. Promised

68. About the toothy mouse and about the rich sparrow

69. About the old lady and the bull

71. Mitten

72. The Tale of Ersha Ershovich, Shchetinnikov’s son

73. The Tale of Ivan the Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf

74. Tar goby

75. The Old Man and the Wolf

- this is one of the oldest forms of storytelling, which in the simplest and most playful form tells children not only about the world around them, but also about manifestations of both the best and the ugliest. General statistics tell us that Russian folk tales are of interest only to children up to school age, but it is these tales that we carry in our hearts and, even if in a slightly modified form, we pass them on to our children. After all, it is impossible to forget about Masha and the Bear, Ryaba the hen or the Gray Wolf; all these images help us learn and understand the reality around us. You can read Russian folk tales online and listen to audio tales for free on our website.

Fairy tale title	Source	Rating
Vasilisa the Beautiful	Russian traditional	393371
Morozko	Russian traditional	262405
Porridge from an ax	Russian traditional	295555
Teremok	Russian traditional	445338
Fox and Crane	Russian traditional	233296
Sivka-Burka	Russian traditional	211495
Crane and Heron	Russian traditional	34090
Cat, rooster and fox	Russian traditional	144539
Chicken Ryaba	Russian traditional	362402
Fox and cancer	Russian traditional	95871
Fox-sister and wolf	Russian traditional	93582
Masha and the Bear	Russian traditional	300667
The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise	Russian traditional	98882
Snow Maiden	Russian traditional	60583
Three piglets	Russian traditional	2048527
Baba Yaga	Russian traditional	139892
Magic pipe	Russian traditional	143149
Magic ring	Russian traditional	172488
Grief	Russian traditional	23959
Swan geese	Russian traditional	98826
Daughter and stepdaughter	Russian traditional	25449
Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf	Russian traditional	77411
Treasure	Russian traditional	52269
Kolobok	Russian traditional	180903
Marya Morevna	Russian traditional	54278
Wonderful miracle, wonderful miracle	Russian traditional	46937
Two frosts	Russian traditional	43763
Most expensive	Russian traditional	37461
Wonderful shirt	Russian traditional	45019
Frost and hare	Russian traditional	44067
How the fox learned to fly	Russian traditional	53985
Ivan the Fool	Russian traditional	40755
Fox and jug	Russian traditional	29569
bird tongue	Russian traditional	25738
The soldier and the devil	Russian traditional	24380
Crystal Mountain	Russian traditional	29463
Tricky Science	Russian traditional	32377
Smart guy	Russian traditional	24915
Snow Maiden and Fox	Russian traditional	69209
Word	Russian traditional	24536
Fast messenger	Russian traditional	24027
Seven Simeons	Russian traditional	24069
About the old grandmother	Russian traditional	26394
Go there - I don’t know where, bring something - I don’t know what	Russian traditional	58162
At the behest of the pike	Russian traditional	81454
Rooster and millstones	Russian traditional	23824
Shepherd's Piper	Russian traditional	45563
Petrified Kingdom	Russian traditional	24504
About rejuvenating apples and living water	Russian traditional	43275
Goat Dereza	Russian traditional	39798
Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber	Russian traditional	36481
Cockerel and bean seed	Russian traditional	62607
Ivan - peasant son and miracle Yudo	Russian traditional	34579
Three Bears	Russian traditional	522494
Fox and black grouse	Russian traditional	25614
Tar barrel	Russian traditional	89707
Baba Yaga and berries	Russian traditional	44071
Battle on Kalinov Bridge	Russian traditional	24730
Finist - Clear Falcon	Russian traditional	59328
Princess Nesmeyana	Russian traditional	156476
Tops and roots	Russian traditional	65837
Winter hut of animals	Russian traditional	45306
flying ship	Russian traditional	83923
Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka	Russian traditional	43442
Golden comb cockerel	Russian traditional	51709
Zayushkin's hut	Russian traditional	145501

Types of Russian folk tales

Folk tales are basically divided into three categories. These are tales about animals, everyday life and fairy tales.

Russian folk tales about animals- these are one of the most ancient types of fairy tales that exist, their roots go back to the times of Ancient Rus'. These fairy tales contain vivid and very memorable images; we all remember Kolobok or Turnip from childhood, and thanks to such vivid images, the child learns to understand good and evil. Learns to distinguish character traits and lines of behavior: a fox is cunning, a bear is clumsy, a bunny is cowardly, and so on. Although the world of folk tales is fictional, it is so alive and vibrant that it fascinates and knows how to teach children only good deeds.

Russian everyday tales- these are fairy tales that are filled with the realism of our everyday life. And they are so close to life that when delving into these fairy tales, be careful, because this line is so thin that your growing child will want to embody and experience some of the actions on himself or carry them out in real life.

Russian fairy tales- this is a world in which magic and the evil associated with it takes on very terrible outlines and vital shades. Fairy tales are the search and rescue of a girl, a city or the world entrusted to the shoulders of one hero. But it is the help of many minor characters that teaches us, the readers of these fairy tales, about mutual assistance to each other. Read and listen to folk tales online with us.