In this unique gift edition you will get acquainted with fairy tales recorded in the Oryol province at the beginning of the 20th century. The first collection of tales by Joseph Kallinikov was published in 1998. Later, Oryol fairy tales were included in the regional program for studying folklore at school, as well as in the training course “Literature of the Native Land.” We are sure that you will meet many fairy-tale characters and fairy-tale plots for the first time. The book will help open the world of Russian folk tales and better understand the historical past of the Oryol region. The texts of the fairy tales are given while preserving the peculiarities of the dialect of the Oryol province. The fairy tales are designed by the wonderful artist Alexei Shevchenko, who reflected in the illustrations the specifics of the material culture of his native land. Literary processing by A. V. Vorobyov.