The Texts of the Tales

• Published in: PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Modern Language Association (MLA) 1891
• Subjects: Tula; White Sea; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1632/s0030812900202216; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0030812900202216

I will introduce the texts with a few remarks on the geographical location of the provinces where they are found. Kola is a peninsula on the White Sea and part of the government of Archangel which extends along the Artic Sea from Finland to Siberia. Vologda lies south of Archangel, and Perm southeast of Vologda, both on the Siberian frontier. The three governments of Niži-Novgorod (Nižegorod), Vladimir and Tver follow each other (from the city that gives its name to the first) to a point between Moscow and Petersburg. The provinces of Kaluga, Tula, Tambov, Saratov and Astrachan extend from a point a little towards the south west of Moscow to the Northern extremity of the Caspian Sea; Voronež lies south of Tambov.