The case began with trifles - with a powder match. She's not so hot as long ago invented. Will a hundred years be enough with a small one? At first, as the powder flask went into action, a lot of thought was given to it. Which are completely in vain. Who, say, came up with the idea of ​​​​making chiseled straws, who again began to lubricate matches with such a composition that they would burn with different lights: raspberry, green, and what else. With capping, too, a lot of weirdos. To put it bluntly, the gunpowder match was in great fashion.

I'm not talking about people, I'm talking about myself. In those years, when people went to the collective farms in droves, I was already in my middle years. Instead of fair-haired curls, he grew a bald spot all over his head. And my old woman did not look young. Before, I used to call her a song machine, but now it’s like a grinder. So it sharpens me, and it sharpens me: that is not there, this is a lack.

With people, the peasants will take care of everything, but with us, as soon as it tangles up and evaporates in the bath, so on the side. And he doesn't think about anything!

In these places, before, a simple person would not have been able to resist: the beast would have seized or the vile would have overcome. At first, these places were inhabited by the heroes. They, of course, looked like people, only very large and stone. This, of course, is easier: the beast will not bite him, he is completely calm from the gadfly, you cannot get through the heat and cold, and there is no need for houses.

For the elder of these stone heroes, one went by the name of Denezhkin. He, you see, in response was a glass with small money from all sorts of local stones and ore. According to these ore and stone money, that hero had a nickname.

The glass, of course, is heroic - taller than human height, much larger than a forty-bucket barrel. That glass is made of the best golden topaz and is so finely and cleanly carved that there is nowhere else to go. Ruins and stone coins are visible through and through, and the power of these coins is such that they show the place.

We're not very rich here anyway. We all have mountains and spoons, spoons and mountains. You won't go around them, you won't go around. Mountain, of course, grief discord. No one takes another into account, and another, not only in their own district, but even distant people know: it is well-known, famous.

One such mountain fell right by our plant. At first, a verst, or even more, such a pull that a strong horse walks lightly, and that one is in soap, and then you still have to overcome the wickedness, like a scallop of the most difficult climb. What can I say, a remarkable hill. Once you pass, or pass, you will remember for a long time and you will begin to tell others.

Behind the pond, we have one logo that has been famous for a long time. Such a fun place. The spoon is wide. In the spring it stays a little wet here, but the grass grows curlier and the flowers are more powerful. Around, of course, a forest of any kind. Have a look. And it’s handy to stick to that logo from the pond: the shore is not steep and not gentle, but at the very one, to say, as if on purpose settled, and the bottom is sand with hazel grouse. At all a strong bottom, and the leg does not prick. In a word, everything is as designed. One can say that this place itself draws to itself: it’s good to sit here on the shore, smoke a pipe or two, light a fire and let them look at their factory - wouldn’t our little one seem better?

The local people have been accustomed to this spoon for centuries. Even under the Mosolovs, fashion started.

They - these Mosolov brothers, under whom our factory began with a building, left the carpenter's rank. In today's way to say, like contractors, apparently, were. yes, they got very rich and let's set up our own plant. On a large one, it means that they swam out the water. Wealth made them heavy, of course. All three brothers forgot to walk along the rafters with a spirit level and a plumb line. In one word they say:

Two boys grew up in our factory, in close proximity: Lanko Puzhanko and Leiko Shapochka.

Who and for what they came up with such nicknames, I can’t say. Between themselves, these guys lived together. We got to match. Mind level, strong level, height and years too. And there was no big difference in life. Lank’s father was a miner, Lake’s was grieving on the golden sands, and mothers, as you know, were busy with the housework. The guys had nothing to be proud of in front of each other.

Katya - Danilov's bride - remained unmarried. Two or three years have passed since Danilo got lost - she completely left the bride's time. For twenty years, in our opinion, in a factory way, an overage is considered. Guys like that rarely woo, widowers more. Well, this Katya, apparently, was handsome, all suitors climb to her, and she only has words:

Daniel promised.

There were a lot of famous miners in our places. It also happened that truly learned people, academicians called them professors and were not in jest amazed at how they subtly recognized the mountains, even though they were illiterate.

The matter, of course, is not simple - not to pick a berry from a bush. No wonder one of these was nicknamed the Heavy Knapsack. He carried a lot of stones on his back. And how much it looked like, how much the rocks were turned over and turned over - it's impossible to count.

They say that the treasury (with state funds. - Ed.) Set up our Field Field. There were no other factories in those places then. They went with a fight. Well, the treasury, you know. The soldiers were sent. The village of the Mountain Shield was purposely built so that the road was safe. On Gumeshki, you see, at that time the visible wealth lay on top - they approached him. We got there, of course. The people were caught up, the plant was installed, some Germans were brought in, but things did not go well. It didn't work and it didn't work. Either the Germans didn’t want to show it, or they didn’t know it themselves - I can’t explain, only Gumeshki were ignored by them. They took it from another mine, but it was not worth the work at all. A completely useless mine, skinny. You can't build such a good factory. It was then that our Polevaya landed on Turchaninov.

Ural tales of Bazhov

Tales of Bazhov absorbed plot motifs, unusual images, colors, the language of national legends and folk wisdom. Pavel Petrovich Bazhov managed to give unusual characters (Mistress of the Copper Mountain, Veliky Poloz, Ognevushka-Poskakushka) bewitching poetry. The magical world into which we are introduced by the old Ural tales of Bazhov they immersed ordinary Russian people, and with their real, earthly strength they defeated the conventions of fairy-tale magic. On our website you can see online list of Bazhov's fairy tales, and enjoy reading them absolutely for free.

Danila and Katya, the one who rescued her fiancé from the Mistress of the Mountain, had a lot of children. Eight, listen, man, and all the boys. Mother, more than once, was jealous of at least one girl at a glance. Read...

This happened shortly after the fifth year. Before the war with the Germans begins. Read...

Our Polevoy, they say, was set by the treasury. There were no other factories in those places then. They went with a fight. Well, the treasury, you know. The soldiers were sent. The village of the Mountain Shield was purposely built so that the road was safe. On Gumeshki, you see, at that time the visible wealth lay on top - and they were getting close to it. We got there, of course. The people were caught up, the plant was installed, some Germans were brought in, but things did not go well. It didn't work and it didn't work. Read...

Was in the field clerk - Severyan Kondratyich. Oh, and fierce, oh, and fierce! There has never been such a thing as factories. From dogs dog. Beast. Read...

After Stepanova's death - this is who malachite pillars got, a lot of people reached for Krasnogorka. The hunt was for those pebbles that they saw in Stepan's dead hand. It was in autumn, before the snow. Are you trying too hard here? And as the winter passed, they again ran into that place. Read...

This was not at our plant, but in the Sysert half. And not at all in the old days. My old men were already running around in their pods in the factory. Who is on the ball, who is on the bedding, and then in the locksmith, or in the forge. Well, you never know where youngsters were driven at the fortress. Read...

There was another such case at the mine. In one face, ore with a thin section went. They beat off a piece, and you see, he has some kind of corner of a gladekhonek. Like a mirror shines, look into it to anyone. Read...

In those years, there was no mention of the Upper and Ilyinsky factories. Only our Polevaya and Sysert. Well, in the North they also rattled with a piece of iron. Yes, just a little. Sysert lived brighter than all. She, you see, on the road fell in the Cossack side. People were passing here and there. They themselves went to the pier near Revda with iron. You never know who you meet on the road, what you hear a lot. And there are many villages around. Read...

There was only one man in the factory. His name was Levonte. Such a diligent man, unrequited. From a young age they kept him in grief, that is, on Gumeshki. Mined copper. So he spent all his young years underground. Like a worm digging in the ground. I didn’t see the light, I turned green all over. Well, it's a well-known thing - a mountain. Dampness, darkness, heavy spirit. Read...

Those guys, the Levontievs, to whom Poloz showed wealth, began to get better in life. In vain that the father soon died, they live better and better every year. They set up a hut. Not that the house is intricate, but the hut is right. They bought a cow, got a horse, they began to let lambs up to three years in the winter. Mother cannot be overjoyed that at least in her old age she saw the light. Read...

Went once two of our factory grass to look. And they had long hauls. Somewhere behind Severushka. Read...

Nastasya, Stepanov's widow, has left a casket of malachite. With every feminine device. Rings there, earrings and protcha according to the women's rite. Read...

Not only marbles were famous for the stone business. Also in our factories, they say, they had this skill. The only difference is that ours burned more with malachite, how it was enough, and the grade is not higher. Read...

Katya, Danilov's bride, remained unmarried. Two or three years have passed since Danilo got lost - she completely left the bride's time. For twenty years, in our factory way, an overage is considered. Read...

There was a wasteland in Diagon Ford, where the school stands. The wasteland is big, in plain sight, but not buried. Upland, you see. It is troublesome to grow a garden here - there is a lot of sweat, but little sense.

If you open a large chest of Soviet literature, then precious stones of a book of beautiful Ural legends immediately catch your eye. The author of these immortal tales, which have forever entered the treasury of Russian and Soviet prose - Pavel Petrovich Bazhov.

What is known about this brilliant writer? A truly national folklorist, publicist, active participant in the revolutionary movement, he went through a difficult path from the son of a simple worker to the laureate of the Stalin Prize. Bibliographers write that Pavel Petrovich considered himself an absolutely happy person, because he fulfilled his earthly mission and planted a seed of goodness in the soul of every Soviet child who read his fairy tales

Interesting facts from the biography of P.P. Bazhov

The most famous Russian folklorist was born in January 1879. The guy's parents were from different social classes: his father was a master (golden hands!) at the Sysert factory, and his mother Augusta Stefanovna was a hereditary lace-maker from a noble Polish family.

Interesting fact number 1. The original surname of the family is the Bazhevs, which is consonant with the word "bazhit", "tell fortune". From the school bench, Pavel Petrovich had the original nickname Koldunkov, which over time he used as a sonorous pseudonym.

Young Bazhov was educated at a 3-year male school, then, thanks to the help of his beloved teacher, he got into the Yekaterinburg Theological School, and at the age of 14 he entered the Perm Theological Seminary.

Interesting fact number 2. One day, young Pavel took a volume of Pushkin's fairy tales from the library. The librarian jokingly ordered the boy to learn all the poems by heart. Bazhov Jr. took the task seriously and learned the whole thick book by heart in a few days.

Poverty did not allow Pavel Petrovich to continue his education and the young man took up teaching. The future brilliant writer enthusiastically conveyed the beauty of the Russian language to the students of the women's gymnasium.

Interesting fact number 3. In the educational institution where Bazhov worked, there was a rule - to tie beautiful ribbons on the jackets of your favorite teachers. Pavel Petrovich had no room left on the lapels of his coat for badges from grateful students. And one of the most devoted admirers later became the wife of the Soviet writer P.P. Bazhov.

Creativity of the Ural folklorist

The future famous writer in his youth was seriously carried away by the revolutionary movement. Joining the RCP(b) helped the young man make a career in publishing and in the field of Soviet journalism. For 15 years, when Pavel Petrovich had the opportunity to travel, he returned to his native land and communicated closely with the local working population.

In the period from 1923-1929, Bazhov wrote more than 40 famous fairy tales. The first book of the writer "The Urals were" was not widely known. But the second collection of Ural tales called "Malachite Box" (1939) brought the author all-Union fame and recognition from the party and government.

Note to readers! In the troubled 30s of the 20th century, Pavel Bazhov miraculously escaped repression. His colleagues in the publishing business fell under the articles, and the aspiring writer escaped with exclusion from the party.

Despite all the hardships of life, the brilliant folklorist continued to create. He presented Soviet citizens and the entire world community with a whole galaxy of unique heroes. Every schoolchild in the great country of the USSR knew the original characters of Bazhov, who had real Ural prototypes:

- The fairy tale "Stone Flower" is one of the most famous tales of the publicist. The story tells about Danil the master, who was captured by the Mistress of the Copper Mountain. Such a hero really existed in reality, and his name was Danila Zverev. He became famous throughout the Urals, and then throughout Russia as a mining master with a true talent as an artist.

- Grandfather Slyshko (Ural worker Vasily Khmelinin) - the narrator from the Malachite Box. The writer fell in love with the colorful character in his early youth, and the author wrote down many interesting stories from the words of this wise, sincere old man.

- In the legend "Ermakov's Swans" there is a Cossack ataman Ermak. This hero is one of the most revered people in the Urals. He expanded the territory of Russia to the east, conquered Siberia and went down in history forever as a collector of Russian lands.

In his author's tales, Bazhov often mentions ordinary people for whom hard work in harsh natural conditions is a native and familiar reality. Despite all the difficulties that befall the heroes of fairy tales, they remain kind, bright and loving people. They do not cease to believe and hope for happiness, and nature generously endows the Ural craftsmen with gold and precious gems.

All Bazhov's fairy tales on one page

With the light hand of a talented writer, a genre appeared in Soviet literature - the Ural tale. This is an oral story immortalized by the author in a children's book. In the legends, the kind voice of a skillful storyteller sounds, who broadcasts in an original folk dialect. And the retelling is full of colorful local expressions, folk proverbs and sayings.

For those who are not yet familiar with the work of the famous folklorist Pavel Petrovich Bazhov, a sparkling scattering of his Ural legends is presented. These wonderful stories are recommended for children and adults to read:

Mistress of Copper Mountain- a tale about a mystical character who was a mountain worker in the form of a beautiful maiden or a large lizard in a golden crown. Masters studying the incomprehensible beauty of the stone fell under the influence of the Copper Beauty and got lost in the deep caves of the old Ural mines.

Sinyushkin well- This is a fairy tale about Grandma Sinyushka, Baba Yaga's cousin. Where she settled down, they found full wells of precious stones.

silver hoof- a sincere tale about a young goat who knocked out multi-colored stones with his hoof. Meeting with the elusive spirit of the forest brought people wealth and simple human happiness.

blue snake- a story about a magical snake pointing to deposits of native gold. Anyone who is lucky enough to see a writhing snake in the forest will certainly find a secret gold mine.

jumping fireball- a marvelous tale about the Golden Baba. She appears near new mining developments and starts a cheerful dance in the rich gold mines.

Cat's ears- a fascinating story about an earthen cat. This mystical animal appears in the form of dangerous sulfuric gas over the mountain deposits of the Urals.

Veliky Poloz- a tale about a spirit guarding gold reserves. The colorful image was taken by the writer from the folk superstitions of local residents, the ancient clans of the Khanty and Mansi. The image of the guardian of gold mines is still found in the Ural legends, in the signs of working miners and miners of precious ore.

Bazhov's most popular fairy tales are included in the golden fund of developing children's literature. Tales written in large print and with bright illustrations are easily perceived by children of any age. Parents are encouraged to read children's books to their children at night, and it is useful for teachers of schools and kindergartens to include Bazhov's fairy tales in their extracurricular reading program.

Fairy tales for children 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 years old, 6 years old, 7 years old, 8 years old, 9 years old, 10 years old ... for kindergarten children of different ages, school students and their parents, teachers and educators. Happy reading!

Went once two of our factory grass to look. And they had long hauls. Somewhere behind Severushka.

It was a festive day, and hot - passion. Parun is clean. And both of them robbed in grief, that is, in Gumeshki. Malachite ore was mined, as well as blue tit. Well, when a beetle with a coil fell, and there it was said that it would do.

There was one young guy, unmarried, and it began to cast green in his eyes. Another older one. This one is completely ruined. The eyes are green, and the cheeks seem to turn green. And the man was coughing all the time.

It's good in the forest. The birds sing and rejoice, soaring from the earth, the spirit is light. They, listen, and exhausted. We reached the Krasnogorsk mine. At that time iron ore was mined there. It means that ours lay down on the grass under the mountain ash and immediately fell asleep. Only suddenly the young one - exactly someone pushed him in the side - woke up. He looks, and in front of him a woman is sitting on a pile of ore near a large stone. Back to the guy, and on the braid you can see - a girl. The scythe is black and does not dangle like our girls, but evenly stuck to the back. At the end of the ribbon is either red or green. They shine through and tinkle so thinly, like sheet copper. The guy marvels at the scythe, and he notes further. A girl of small stature, good-looking and such a cool wheel - she won’t sit still. He leans forward, looks exactly under his feet, then leans back again, bends on that side, on the other. He jumps to his feet, waves his arms, then bends down again. In a word, Artut-girl. Hearing - muttering something, but in what way - it is not known, and with whom he speaks - it is not visible. All just a laugh. It's fun, apparently.

The guy was about to say a word, when he suddenly got hit on the back of the head.

You are my mother, but it is the Mistress herself! Her clothes are. How did I not notice right away? She averted her eyes with her scythe.

And the clothes are truly such that you will not find another in the world. From a silk, you hear, malachite dress. This kind happens. A stone, but on the eye like silk, at least stroke it with your hand. “Here,” the guy thinks, “trouble! As if only to carry away the legs, until I noticed. From the old people, you see, he heard that this Mistress - a malachite girl - loves to philosophize over a person. As soon as she thought about it, she looked back. He looks merrily at the guy, bares his teeth and says in a joke:

What are you, Stepan Petrovich, staring at a girl's beauty for nothing? After all, they take money for a look. Come closer. Let's talk a little. The guy was frightened, of course, but he does not show it. Attached. Although she is a secret force, but still a girl. Well, he's a guy - that means he's ashamed to be timid in front of a girl.

No time, - he says, - I have to talk. We overslept without that, and went to look at the grass.

She laughs and then says:

You will win the game. Go, I say, there is work.

Well, the guy sees - there is nothing to do. I went to her, and she looms with her hand, go around the ore from the other side. He walked around and sees - there are countless lizards. And everyone, listen, is different. Some, for example, are green, others are blue, which flow into blue, otherwise they are like clay or sand with golden specks. Some, like glass or mica, shine, while others are faded like grass, and which are again decorated with patterns. The girl laughs.

Do not part, - he says, - my army, Stepan Petrovich. You are so big and heavy, but they are small for me. - And she clapped her hands, the lizards fled, they gave the way.

Here the guy came closer, stopped, and she again clapped her hands, and says, and all with laughter:

Now you have nowhere to go. Crush my servant - there will be trouble. He looked under his feet, and there was no knowledge of the earth. All the lizards somehow huddled together in one place - how the floor became patterned underfoot. Stepan looks - fathers, but this is copper ore! All sorts and well polished. And mica right there, and blende, and all sorts of glitter, which are like malachite.

Well, has he recognized me now, Stepanushka? - asks the malachite girl, and she laughs and bursts into laughter. Then, a little later, he says:

You don't get scared. I won't do you any harm.

The guy felt sorry that the girl was mocking him, and even saying such words. He became very angry and even shouted:

Whom should I be afraid of, if I shy away in grief!

That's all right, - the malachite answers. - I just need such a person who is not afraid of anyone. Tomorrow, like going downhill, your factory clerk will be here, you tell him yes, look, do not forget the words: “The mistress, they say, the Copper Mountain ordered you, stuffy goat, to get out of the Krasnogorsk mine. If you still break this iron hat of mine, then I’ll send you all the copper in Gumeshki there, so that there’s no way to get it.

She said this and frowned.

Did you understand, Stepanushko? In grief, you say, you rob, you are not afraid of anyone? So tell the clerk as I ordered, and now go and tell the one who is with you, don’t say anything, look. He is a spoiled man, that he should be disturbed and involved in this matter. And so she said to the little titmouse to help him a little.

And again she clapped her hands, and all the lizards fled. She herself also jumped to her feet, grabbed a stone with her hand, jumped up and, like a lizard, ran over the stone. Instead of arms and legs, her paws have green steel, her tail sticks out, there is a black stripe halfway along the ridge, and her head is human. She ran to the top, looked back and said:

Don't forget, Stepanushko, as I said. She ordered, they say, you - a stuffy goat - to get out of Krasnogorka. If you do it, I'll marry you!

The guy even spat in the heat of the moment:

Ugh, what a bastard! So that I marry a lizard.

And she sees him spitting and laughing.

Okay, - shouts, - then we'll talk. Maybe you think?

And now over the hill, only the green tail flashed.

The guy was left alone. The mine is quiet. You can only hear how another snores behind a breast of ore. Woke him up. They went to their mowing, looked at the grass, returned home in the evening, and Stepan had one thing on his mind: what should he do? Saying such words to the clerk is not a small matter, but he was still, - and it’s true, - he was stuffy - he had some kind of rot in his gut, they say. Not to say it's also scary. She's the Mistress. What he likes ore can be thrown into a blende. Do your lessons then. And worse than that, it’s a shame to show yourself as a braggart in front of a girl.

Thought and thought, laughed:

Was not, I will do as she ordered.

The next day in the morning, as people gathered at the trigger drum, the factory clerk came up. Everyone, of course, took off their hats, was silent, and Stepan came up and said:

I saw the Mistress of the Copper Mountain in the evening, and she ordered to tell you. She tells you, stuffy goat, to get out of Krasnogorka. If you spoil this iron hat for her, then she will sink all the copper in Gumeshki there, so that no one can get it.

The clerk's mustache even trembled.

What are you? Drunk, or mind decided? What hostess? To whom are you speaking these words? Yes, I will rot you in grief!

Your will, - says Stepan, - but that's the only way I've been told.

Flog him, - the clerk shouts, - and lower him up the mountain and chain him in the face! And in order not to die, give him dog oatmeal and ask lessons without indulgence. A little something - to fight mercilessly!

Well, of course, they whipped the guy and up the hill. The overseer of the mine, - also not the last dog - took him to the face - nowhere worse. And it's wet here, and there is no good ore, it would be necessary to quit long ago. Here they chained Stepan to a long chain, so that, therefore, it was possible to work. It is known what time it was - a fortress. Everyone made fun of the person. The warden also says:

Cool down here a bit. And the lesson from you will be pure malachite so much, - and he appointed it completely inappropriate.

Nothing to do. As soon as the guard walked away, Stepan began to wave the kaelka, but the guy was still nimble. Look, it's okay. So malachite is poured, exactly who throws it with his hands. And the water went somewhere from the bottom. It became dry.

“Here,” he thinks, “it’s good. Apparently, the Mistress remembered me.

Representing a collection of ancient legends that went among the miners.

P. P. Bazhov

The writer was born in the Urals - in the city of Sysert. His father was a mining foreman. The future writer, journalist, publicist and folklorist graduated from the factory school in Sysert. From 10 to 14 years old, the boy studied at a religious school in Yekaterinburg. Then he graduated from the seminary in Perm. After receiving his education, he taught Russian. During his summer vacation he traveled around the Urals and collected folklore.

P. P. Bazhov began to write "Ural Tales" in the 1930s. At first they were published in a magazine. Then came a collection of Ural tales, which was called "Malachite Box". It was published in 1939. The author has updated the book many times.

In 1943, Pavel Petrovich received the Stalin Prize for his work.

"Ural Tales"

Bazhov P. "Ural Tales" collected, as already mentioned above, throughout the Urals. He heard many of them from miners as a child. After some time, Pavel Petrovich made an official statement that he composed the Ural Tales himself. The works are combined into groups that are interconnected by common characters. P. Bazhov thought out such a move in order to give his book more integrity. Many tales are interconnected by the place of action.

The most important wonderful character in the tales of P. Bazhov is the Mistress of the Copper Mountain. She guards treasures. The hostess is unusually beautiful and has magical powers. Only talented stone craftsmen were allowed to descend into her domain. She could help, or she could destroy.

List of stories included in the collection

The book "Ural Tales" by P. P. Bazhov includes the following works:

• "Mountain Master"
• Vasina Gora.
• "Pig-iron grandmother".
• "Snake trail".
• "Gift of the Old Mountains".
• "Diamond match".
• "Amethyst business".
• "Two Lizards".
• "Golden Hair"
• "Sun Stone"
• "Copper share".
• "Silk Hill".
• "Blue snake".
• "Mistress of the Copper Mountain."
• "About the Great Poloz".
• "Tayutkino mirror".
• "Distant Viewer".
• "Crystal Lacquer".
• "The inscription on the stone."
• "Markov stone".
• "The Golden Flower of the Mountain".
• "The Mysterious Tulunkin".
• "At the old mine."
• "Ore Pass".

And many others.

"Mistress of the Copper Mountain"

This is one of the most significant, well-known and beloved by readers of the works of the book "Ural Tales". Below is a summary of this work.

A young worker named Stepan once saw a beautiful girl in the forest, with a long braid and dressed in malachite. He understood that it was the Mistress of the Copper Mountain herself. The girl told him that she had business with him. You need to go to the factory clerk and tell him to get out of the Krasnogorsk mine. The hostess promised Stepan that she would marry him if he fulfilled her order. Then she turned into a lizard and ran away. The next morning Stepan went to the clerk, and handed over everything that was ordered. For this he was flogged, lowered uphill, and chained. At the same time, they ordered to get a lot of malachite. The Hostess helped Stepan for not being afraid to fulfill her order. He got a lot of malachite. The Mistress showed him her dowry. And then she began to ask if he agreed to take her as his wife. Stepan thought, and said that he already had a bride. The Mistress praised him for not coveting her wealth. She gave Stepan a jewelry box for his bride. And then she said that he would live richly, only he must forget her. Soon he got married, built a house, the kids went. But he was not happy. Stepan began to go hunting in the forest, and every time he looked at the Krasnogorsk mine. Stepan could not forget the Mistress. Once he went into the forest and did not return - they found him dead.

"Malachite Box"

Another very famous work of the Ural Tales cycle. A summary of the "Malachite Box" is presented in this article. This tale is a continuation of the story about the Mistress of the Copper Mountain. Stepan died, but his widow Nastasya kept the malachite box. Decorations were kept in it, donated by the hostess. Only Nastasya did not wear them and wanted to sell them. There were many people who wanted to buy the box. Yes, but everyone offered a small price. There was another reason why she kept the box with her. The youngest daughter, Tatyana, was very fond of these jewelry. Tanyusha grew up and, thanks to a wanderer who asked to spend the night in their house, she learned to embroider with silk and beads. And she was such a craftswoman that she began to earn big money. Soon the master saw the girl and was so struck by her beauty that he offered her to become his wife. She agreed, but made a condition that she would marry him if he showed her the queen in a room made of malachite by her father. The master promised to grant her wish. Once in the malachite chamber of the queen, the girl leaned against the wall and melted. Since then, no one has heard anything about her, only they began to notice that the Mistress of the Copper Mountain began to double.

"Stone Flower"

This work is the last of the cycle about the Mistress of the Copper Mountain, which was created by Pavel Bazhov. "Ural tales", as you know, include several stories about this amazing beauty. "Stone Flower" is a story about an orphan Danilka, who at the age of 12 became a student of a malachite craftsman. The boy was talented and the teacher liked him. When Danila grew up, he became an excellent master. He had a dream. He wanted to create a malachite bowl, similar to a flower. I even found a suitable stone. But he could not manage to cut a beautiful flower. Once he met the Mistress of the Copper Mountain herself. He asked her to show him her stone flower. The Mistress dissuaded him from this, but he insisted. He saw the flower of the Mistress of the Copper Mountain, and since then he has completely lost his peace. Then he broke his unfinished bowl and left. He was not seen again, but there were rumors that he served with the Mistress of the Copper Mountain.

"Silver Hoof"

P. P. Bazhov wrote “Ural Tales” for children, but they are also interesting for adults. One story that readers of all ages enjoy is Silver Hoof. The lonely old man Kokovanya took in an orphan. Grandfather worked every day, and the granddaughter in the hut put things in order, cooked. In the evenings, Kokovanya told the girl stories. And once he told her about a magical goat with a silver hoof, with which he knocks, and precious stones appear in that place. Once a girl was waiting for her grandfather from hunting and saw through the window that her cat was playing with the same goat from a fairy tale. She ran out to look at him. And the goat jumped onto the roof, began to beat with his hoof, and precious stones fell from under his feet. Grandfather and granddaughter collected them and lived comfortably for the rest of their lives.

"Sinyushkin well"

The book "Ural Tales" includes a story about a good fellow Ilya. He was left an orphan early on. He inherited only a sieve full of feathers from his grandmother Lukerya, who ordered her grandson not to pursue wealth. Once Ilya decided to go to the mine by a short road. And this path through the swamp lay. Ilya wanted to drink. He looks, and in the swamp there is an area with clean water, like a well. He decided to drink this water, lay down on the ground, and out of the water Sinyushka stretched out her hands to him. He managed to cope with her charms, he got up and spat on her hand. And she began to tease him that he would not be able to drink water from her well. Ilya promised Sinyushka that he would return, and left.

The young man kept his promise. Ilya returned, tied the ladle to the perch and scooped up water from the well with it. Sinyushka was amazed at his ingenuity and promised to show her wealth. Ilya came again to the well. And girls come up to him with trays full of jewelry. He remembered that his grandmother punished, and began to refuse everything. An eighteen-year-old beauty approached him with a sieve containing berries and feathers. Ilya realized that this is Sinyushka. He took the sieve from her hands. When he came home, the berries turned into gems. Ilya began to live richly, but he could not forget Sinyushka. Once he met a girl who looked very much like her, and he married her.

This tale is that the main wealth in life is not gold and gems. Sinyushkin's well is a test that only one who does not envy, is not greedy and remembers advice can pass.

"Rapid Fire"

The book written by Bazhov P. - "Ural Tales" - includes a story about a gold mine. Once the peasants were sitting by the fire, and with them - the boy Fedyunka. And suddenly they saw a red-haired girl who jumped out of the fire. She danced, and then she stopped near a pine tree and stamped her foot. According to legend, this is how she indicated the place where you need to look for gold. Only she deceived this time - there was nothing under the pine. Soon Fedyunka saw Poskakushka again. This time she showed him the right place. The boy found gold and lived comfortably for 5 years. The people heard about it, and everyone rushed to that mine for gold. They were coming from all directions. Yes, only gold was lost there because of this.