“LitRes”: The most popular book by Mamin-Sibiryak among Russians was the fairy tale “Grey Neck”.

MOSCOW, November 6 – RIA Novosti. The fairy tale “Grey Sheika”, on which the cartoon of the same name was shot in the USSR by writer Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, turned out to be the most popular work of the author among Russians, in the top 3 also the story “Priemysh” and the collection “Alyonushka’s Tales”, the rating is particularly Compiled by the “LitRes” book service for RIA Novosti.

2022 is the 170th anniversary of the author’s birth. Mamin-Sibiryak entered the wide literature with a series of travel essays “From the Urals to Moscow”, the novel “Privalovsky millions” became the first major work of the author. In his novels and stories, the author depicted the life of the Urals and Siberia in the post-reform years, capitalization and the change in public consciousness associated with this process, legal norms and morality.

Many streets in Yekaterinburg are named after the author, including the Nizhny Tagil Drama Theater and the Sverdlovsk Regional Special Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired. In 2002, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the author’s birth, the Writers’ Union of Russia and the Ural Writers’ Association established the Mamin-Sibiryak Prize, which is awarded annually to authors whose works are connected in one way or another. Urals.

“In terms of the number of digital book copies downloaded for the year, the 10 most popular works of Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak among liter users were directed by the fairy tale about the young duck “Grey Neck”. The cartoon of the same name was shot in 1948. The author, taking the main characters as an example, It shows how important it is to never give up and be considerate of people.

In second place is the story about the domesticated swan “Priemysh”. The third position belongs to the collection “Tales of Alyonushka” – the cycle is included in the golden fund of world children’s literature and includes ten different stories about fairy-tale animals created by the author especially for his little daughter. There is an audio version of the book right behind it. Closes the top five of the rating “Emelya the Hunter”, a work that raises the issues of compassion and unselfish parental love.

The sixth place in popularity is occupied by the book “The Tale of the Brave Rabbit – Long Ears, Oblique Eyes, Short Tail”. The plot is based on a cowardly rabbit who manages to scare off a seemingly tough wolf. The story teaches the reader to believe in himself in any situation, to overcome his own fears and doubts.

One of the most important works of the author “Privalovsky millions”, on which he has been working for almost ten years, is located on the seventh line of the rating. The novel touches on the eternal questions of the interaction of different class properties. In the eighth place – “Spit”, a story about a difficult childhood and the power of kindness and mutual assistance. The ninth line went to the “Picture Book” article, and the “Golden” novel closed the top ten.