Illustration for the poem 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel' by Alexander Pushkin, 1906 https://t.co/k9iTguhNuC

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Underwater. Illustration for the epic "Volga", 1928 https://t.co/soNekAU9SY

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Sketch for the spectacle, Honor and Revenge, by Fiodor Sollogub, 1908 https://t.co/5e26klNFwE

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Illustration for the poem 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel' by Alexander Pushkin, 1906 https://t.co/Fn7gMh1f1b

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Illustration for the poem 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel' by Alexander Pushkin, 1906 https://t.co/fW4hkugMrj

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Illustration for Alexander Pushkin's 'Fairytale of the Tsar Saltan', 1905 https://t.co/n1rPf12t8q

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Underwater. Illustration for the epic "Volga", 1928 https://t.co/51QANVHZRr

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Illustration for the Historical Revolutionary Almanac of publisher Rosehip, 1906 https://t.co/Er8XDMyvtu

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Poster of Russian Ballet, 1930

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Illustration for the epic "Volga and Mikula", 1940

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Summary for those not familiar, this is a vodyanoy: a fat, naked man with fish-like features. Evil water spirit: he needs to be appeased in order to not break dams or water mills. Known to drag people underwater, this depiction seems to be popular in Russia (art by Ivan Bilibin)

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Illustration for the poem 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel' by Alexander Pushkin, 1906

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Illustration for Alexander Pushkin's 'Fairytale of the Tsar Saltan', 1905

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Illustration for the poem 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel' by Alexander Pushkin, 1906

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