Tales of the peoples of Russia. The hostess of the Spassky Lake. Zabolzhsky fairy tales

Forest Volga region stretched from Nizhny Novgorod to the Kostroma region

and the republics of the Mari El. This region is covered with myths associated with the important and heroic events of Russian history. The Light Volga shores, dense forests, mysterious lakes and rivers store many legends and fairy tales of the peoples living here - Russians, Mari, Mordovians, and Tatars.

Irina Druzhaeva, a member of the Union of Writers of Russia, the author of publications in "Funny pictures", "Murzilka", the laureate of the Film Festival "Radiant Angel" and the Golden Feather of Russia, heard these fairy tales in childhood, from her grandmother and another Gih residents of Gorodetsky and Kerzhenets. Literary talent and people to his native land turned folk stories into exciting literary tales