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{{Infobox short story
|name         = The Mistress of the Copper Mountain
|author       = [[Pavel Bazhov]]
| title_orig = Медной горы хозяйка
| translator = Alan Moray Williams (first), Eve Manning, et al.
|country      = Soviet Union
|language     = Russian
|series       = [[The Malachite Box|''The Malachite Casket'' collection]] ([[List of stories within The Malachite Box|list of stories]])
|genre        = [[skaz]]
|publication_type = [[Periodical]]
|published_in = ''[[Krasnaya Nov]]''
|publisher    =
|media_type   = Print ([[magazine]], [[Hardcover|hardback]] and [[paperback]])
|pub_date     = 1936
|preceded_by  = [[The Great Snake]]
|followed_by  = [[List of stories within The Malachite Box#The Manager's Boot-Soles|The Manager's Boot-Soles]]
}}
"'''The Mistress of the Copper Mountain'''" ({{lang-rus|Медной горы хозяйка|Mednoj gory hozjajka}}),<ref name="eve9">Bazhov 1950s, p. 9.</ref> also known as "The Queen of the Copper Mountain" or "The Mistress of the Copper Mine",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://littlewhitecrow.co.uk/1713.php|title=The Malachite Casket: Tales from the Urals – Pavel Bazhov, Alan Moray Williams|publisher=Little White Crow|accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref> is a [[Folklore|folk tale]] (the so-called ''[[skaz]]'') of the [[Ural (region)|Ural region]] of Russia collected and reworked by [[Pavel Bazhov]]. It was first published in the 11th issue of the ''[[Krasnaya Nov]]'' literary magazine in 1936 and later the same year as a part of the collection ''Prerevolutionary Folklore of [[Ural (region)|the Urals]]''.<ref name="Bazhov240">Bazhov 1952, p. 240.</ref><ref name="fantlab">{{cite web|url=http://fantlab.ru/work87505 |title=Mednoj gory hozjajka|publisher=[[FantLab]]|language=Russian|accessdate=22 November 2015}}</ref>
It was later reprinted as a part of the collection ''[[The Malachite Box]]'' in 1939.<ref name="ompural">{{cite web|url=http://kniga.ompural.ru/content.php?main=kniga_life&id=100003|title=The Malachite Box|publisher=The Live Book Museum. Yekaterinburg.|language=Russian|accessdate=22 November 2015}}</ref> In 1944 the story was translated from Russian into English by Alan Moray Williams and published by [[Hutchinson (publisher)|Hutchinson]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1998181|title=The malachite casket; tales from the Urals, (Book, 1944)|publisher=[[WorldCat]]|oclc=1998181|accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref> In the 1950s, another translation was made by Eve Manning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10681657|title=Malachite casket : tales from the Urals / P. Bazhov; [translated from the Russian by Eve Manning; illustrated by O. Korovin; designed by A. Vlasova]|publisher=The [[National Library of Australia]]|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10874080|title=Malachite casket; tales from the Urals. (Book, 1950s)|publisher=[[WorldCat]]|oclc=10874080|accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref> The story was published in the collection ''Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov'', published by [[Penguin Books]] in 2012. It was translated by Anna Gunin.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/802293730|title=Russian magic tales from Pushkin to Platonov (Book, 2012)|publisher=[[WorldCat.org]]|oclc=802293730|accessdate=23 December 2015}}</ref> It was included in [[James Riordan (writer-sportsman)|James Riordan]]'s collection of stories ''The Mistress of the Copper Mountain: Tales from the Urals'', published in 1974 by Frederick Muller Ltd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18462850?q&versionId=21668929|title=The mistress of the Copper Mountain : tales from the Urals / [collected by] Pavel Bazhov; [translated and adapted by] James Riordan|publisher=[[Trove]]|accessdate=23 December 2015}}</ref> Riordan heard the tales from a headteacher when he was bedridden in Sverdlovsk. After returning to England, he rewrote the tales from memory, checking them against Bazhov's book. He preferred not to call himself "translator", believing that "communicator" was more appropriate.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lathey|first=Gillian|title=Translating Children's Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1jg-CgAAQBAJ&q=%22The+mistress+of+the+Copper+Mountain%22+riordan&pg=PA118|date=July 24, 2015 |publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=9781317621317|page=118}}</ref>
== Background==
Bazhov's stories are based on the [[Oral tradition|oral lore]] of Ural [[miner]]s and [[gold prospector]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Yermakova|first=G|year=1976|title=Заметки о киноискусстве ''На передовых рубежах'' |trans-title= The Notes about Cinema ''At the Outer Frontiers'' |journal=[[Zvezda (magazine)|Zvezda]]|issue=11|pages=204–205|quote=... сказы Бажова основаны на устных преданиях горнорабочих и старателей, воссоздающих реальную атмосферу того времени.}}</ref> Mythical creatures such as the Great Snake or the [[The Mistress of the Copper Mountain|Mistress of the Copper Mountain]] were well known to Bazhov from stories that were told by his own family members (Pavel Bazhov was born at the village near the [[Sysert]] Mining Plant<ref name="pushkinskijdom">{{cite web|url=http://lib.pushkinskijdom.ru/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=6NBdNSUcQ7c=&tabid=10547|title=Bazhov Pavel Petrovitch|work=The Russian Academy of Sciences Electronic Library IRLI|publisher=The Russian Literature Institute of the Pushkin House, [[Russian Academy of Sciences|RAS]]|pages=151–152|language=Russian|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref>) and by the old men at the plant. Those old people were experienced workers who had worked in the industry for all their lives, but were exhausted by many years of hard work. They were sent to do light-duty work, such as guard the place, etc. They were the story-tellers who knew a lot of legends about the plants and the miners' lives.<ref name="Bazhov241">Bazhov 1952, p. 241.</ref> From a very young age Bazhov, began writing down local folk tales.<ref name="pushkinskijdom"/>
Geographically, the folk tales came from the old The Sysert Mining District, which included five [[mining]] plants, i. e. Sysert (Sysertsky), the head plant of the district, [[Polevskoy Copper Smelting Plant|Polevskoy]] (also known as Polevaya or Poleva), [[Seversky Pipe Plant|Seversky]] (Severna), Verkhny (Verkh-Sysertsky), and Ilyinsky (Nizhve-Sysertsky).<ref name="foreword1939">{{cite journal|last=Bazhov|first=Pavel|year=1939|title=Foreword to the Skazy|journal=[[Oktyabr (magazine)|Oktyabr]]|publisher=The [[Union of Soviet Writers]]|location=Moscow|issue=5–6|page=158|issn=0132-0637|language=Russian}}</ref> The most famous copper mine of the [[Ural Mountains]], the [[Gumeshevskiy mine]] or "Gumeshki", was located next to the Polevskoy plant. It was also called "The Copper Mountain" or simply "The Mountain".<ref name="foreword1939"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://elar.urfu.ru/bitstream/10995/19386/1/fu7-1983-02.pdf|title=Рабочие предания родины П. П. Бажова|last=Blazhes|first=V. V.|publisher=[[The Ural State University]]|language=Russian|accessdate=22 November 2015}}</ref> Most folk tales were connected with this place.<ref name="Bazhov241"/>
== Publication ==
This ''skaz'' was first published together with "[[The Great Snake]]" and "[[Beloved Name]]" in the 11th issue of ''[[Krasnaya Nov]]'' in 1936.<ref name="fantlab"/> "Beloved Name" was published on the pages 5–9, "The Great Snake" on pp.&nbsp;9–12,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fantlab.ru/work87268|title=Dorogoe imjachko|publisher=[[FantLab]]|language=Russian|accessdate=22 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://fantlab.ru/work87513 |title=Pro Velikogo Poloza|publisher=[[FantLab]]|language=Russian|accessdate=22 November 2015}}</ref> and "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" on pp.&nbsp;12–17.<ref name="fantlab"/> These tales are the ones that follow the original Ural miners' folklore most closely.<ref name="Bazhov241"/> Despite their origins in oral tradition, Bazhov was credited as the original author of these texts.<ref name="balina">{{cite book|last1=Balina|first1=Marina|last2=Rudova|first2=Larissa|title=Russian Children's Literature and Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=njCJHBRVYU8C&q=That+Dear+Name+The+Bailiff%27s+Bootsoles&pg=PA264|series=Literary Criticism|date=2013-02-01|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1135865566|pages=263–273}}</ref> The stories were included in the collection ''Prerevolutionary Folklore of the Urals'' ({{lang-rus|Дореволюционный фольклор на Урале|Dorevoljucionnyj folklor na Urale|links=no}}), released later the same year by [[Sverdlovsk Publishing House]].<ref name="Bazhov240"/> In this book, Bazhov was mentioned as the collector of texts.<ref name="balina"/>
Bazhov himself tried to avoid the question of authorship, joking that "questions such as these should be left to scholars".<ref name="pushkinskijdom"/> Nowadays Bazhov's tales are generally accepted as his "literary work based on Ural folklore"; although he did not change the plots of the folk tales, the book conveys certain ideological concepts common for that time period. Additionally, his manuscripts demonstrate that a significant amount of professional work was put into the composition and language of the stories.<ref name="pushkinskijdom"/>
== Plot summary==
In this ''skaz'', a young factory worker named Stepan meets a woman in the unusual clothing. He realizes that the woman is the legendary [[The Mistress of the Copper Mountain|Mistress of the Copper Mountain]]. She orders Stepan to tell his [[bailiff]], the "stinking goat", to get out of the Krasnogorsk mine. Stepan does as he is told and pays the price: he is flogged and sent to a [[Face (mining)|mine face]]. He is then saved by the Mistress herself. She brings Stepan to her domain, shows him her riches and proposes marriage. Stepan honestly replies that he  has already promised to marry another girl, Nastyona. The Mistress is delighted by his reply and reveals that her proposal was a test of Stepan's honesty and integrity. She presents a [[malachite]] [[Casket (decorative box)|casket]] filled with jewelry for Nastyona and lets Stepan go, making a final request that Stepan forgets about her. However, Stepan finds that cannot forget her. He marries Nastyona and lives with her for many years, but he is unhappy. One day he goes away and doesn't come back. His body is later found lying by a rock. The tale concludes with the words: "It's a chancy thing to meet her [The Mistress], it brings woe for a bad man, and for a good one there's little joy comes of it".<ref>Bazhov 1950s, p. 20.</ref>
== Reception and legacy ==
[[File:Stamps of Russia 2004 No 912-914.jpg|thumb|500px|The Mistress of the Copper Mountain and other characters from [[The Malachite Box|''The Malachite Casket'' collection]] in the 2004 Russian stamps ''(from left to right)'': Danilo and the Mistress ("[[The Stone Flower]]"), the Mistress and Tanyushka ("[[The Malachite Casket (fairy tale)|The Malachite Casket]]"), and the hunter Ailyp and his ladylove Golden Hair ("[[Golden Hair (fairy tale)|Golden Hair]]").]]
"The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" is considered to be one of the best stories in ''The Malachite Casket'' collection.<ref name="pushkinskijdom"/> The Mistress became a popular character in Soviet art.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Meshcherova|first=K.| author2=Gerasimova A.|date=20 June 2014|title= Legendy i mify Urala glazami khudozhnikov|script-title = ru:Легенды и мифы Урала глазами художников|journal=Materials Collection of the 5th International Scientific Conference|publisher=Scientific center Aksioma |trans-title = Legends and Myths of the Urals by the Eyes of the Artists|issue=''Nauchnye diskussii o tsennostjah sovremennogo obshhestva'' [Научные дискуссии о ценностях современного общества], lit. "Scientific discussions about our society's values"|url=http://m.aksioma-conf.ru/files/СБОРНИК,%20НД-5.pdf#page=31|language=Russian|pages=32–33}}</ref> She was recreated on stage, in paintings and sculptures.<ref name="Bazhov241"/> The character was compared to [[Mephistopheles]], because a human needs to [[Deal with the Devil|wager his soul]] with her in order to get the ultimate knowledge.<ref>{{cite book|last=Budur|first=Naralya|title=The Fairy Tale Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_X49ywrpGS8C|year=2005|publisher=Olma Media Group|language=Russian|isbn=9785224048182|page=285|chapter=The Mistress of the Copper Mountain}}</ref> Many noted the eroticism of the story and questioned whether the characters developed a sexual relationship. The Mistress was interpreted as the manifestation of the female sexuality. "The Mistress exudes sexual attraction and appears as its powerful source".<ref name="balina"/> Bazhov confessed that he had heard an "adult" version of the folk tale at the Urals.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Zherdev|first=D. V.|year=2003|title=Бинарность как элемент поэтики бажовских сказов|journal=Izvestiya of the Ural State University|publisher=The Ural State University|issue=28|pages=46–57|url=http://elar.urfu.ru/bitstream/10995/24181/1/iurg-2003-28-06.pdf|language=Russian |trans-title = Binarity as the Poetic Element in Bazhov's Skazy}}</ref> All sexual references in Pavel Bazhov's stories are very subtle, owing to Soviet [[puritanism]].<ref>Lipovetsky 2014, p. 218.</ref> Lyudmila Skorino believed that she represented the nature of the Urals, which inspires a creative person with its beauty.<ref>Bazhov 1952, p. 232.</ref> The [[Style (literature)|style]] of the story was praised.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Eydinova|first=Viola |author-link=Viola Eydinova |year=2003 |title= O stile Bazhova|script-title = ru:О стиле Бажова|journal=Izvestiya of the Ural State University|publisher=The Ural State University|volume=28|pages=40–46|url=http://elar.urfu.ru/handle/10995/24180|language=Russian |trans-title = About Bazhov's style }}</ref>
During Soviet times, every edition of ''The Malachite Box'' was usually prefaced by an essay by a famous writer or scholar, commenting on the creativity of the Ural miners, cruel landlords, social oppression and the "great workers unbroken by the centuries of slavery".<ref name="Nikulina76">Nikulina 2003, p. 76.</ref> The critics focused on the motives of social oppression.<ref name="Slobozhaninova">{{cite journal|last=Slobozhaninova|first=Lidiya |year=2004|title=Malahitovaja shkatulka Bazhova vchera i segodnja |script-title = ru:“Малахитовая шкатулка” Бажова вчера и сегодня | trans-title =Bazhov's Malachite Box yesterday and today|journal=Ural|location=Yekaterinburg |volume=1|url= http://magazines.russ.ru/ural/2004/1/slob8.html|language=Russian}}</ref> The Mistress was presented as the protector of the oppressed. Maya Nikulina comments that one editor wrote that the Casket was given to Stepan to remind him "of hard work and persistence".<ref name="Nikulina80">Nikulina 2003, p. 80.</ref> The later scholars focused more on symbolism, the relationship of the characters with nature, the Mountain and the mysterious in general.<ref>Nikulina 2003, p. 77.</ref> Nikulina believed that the Mistress is neither the rescuer nor the defender, does not protect the oppressed, she tests them, and there is not reason to picture her as an advocate of social justice. The landlord is punished for being greedy and stupid, not for being the landlord.<ref name="Nikulina80"/> Lidiya Slobozhaninova notes that Stepan was not happy after he bought his freedom from the landlord. He should be happily married, but he dies of love and separation, not of unbearable working conditions or severe punishments. Slobozhaninova states that this is not [[class conflict]], but the classical literary conflict between emotions and obligations.<ref name="Slobozhaninova"/>
Marina Balina wrote that a contact with the Mistress is a symbolic manifestation of death. A contact with the Mistress is a symbolic manifestation of death. As one of the "mountain spirits", she does not hesitate to kill those who did not pass her tests, but even those who had been rewarded by her do not live happily ever after, as shown with Danilo in "[[The Stone Flower]]".<ref name="balina"/> The Mistress was also interpreted as the manifestation of female sexuality. "The Mistress exudes sexual attraction and appears as its powerful source".<ref name="balina"/> Mark Lipovetsky commented that she is the most terrifying characters of the stories. She is a beautiful girl and a demonic dangerous creature at the same time. He claims that she is characterized by three major Freudian motives: the sexual power, the [[death drive]] and the [[castration anxiety]] (loss of power).<ref>Lipovetsky 2014, p. 217.</ref> She persistently and spitefully provokes the local administration, forcing the protagonist to relay the offensive message.<ref>Lipovetsky 2014, p. 222–223.</ref>
Yelena Prikazchikova commented that union between the mountain spirit and the mortal is bound to be unhappy, because stone and living matter cannot join.<ref>Prikazchikova 2003, p. 16</ref>
Denis Zherdev commented that the Mistress of the Copper Mountain's female domain is the world of chaos. Although the characters are so familiar with her that the appearance of the Mistress is regarded as almost natural and even expected, the female domain collides with the ordered factory world, and brings in randomness, variability, unpredictability and capriciousness. Direct contact with the female power is a violation of the world order and therefore brings destruction or chaos.<ref name="Poetika">{{cite web|url=http://mith.ru/alb/lib/bazov/mim2_1.htm|title=Poetika skazov Bazhova |script-title = ru:Поэтика сказов Бажова| trans-title =The poetics of Bazhov's stories|last=Zherdev|first=Denis|publisher=Research Library Mif.Ru|language=Russian|accessdate=14 December 2015}}</ref> He also pointed out that the most important value in most Bazhov's early stories is family. It serves as the criterion of normality in the characters' lives, e.g. the man who is married lives "correctly". However the family happiness is either flawed, as in this story, unattainable ("Beloved Name", "Yermak's Swans"), or short-lived ("The Twisted Roll", "Sinyushka's Well").<ref name="Poetika"/>
The Mistress appeared in many other tales from ''The Malachite Casket'': "[[The Malachite Casket (fairy tale)|The Malachite Casket]]", "[[The Stone Flower]]", ""[[List of stories within The Malachite Box#The Manager's Boot-Soles|The Manager's Boot-Soles]]"", "[[List of stories within The Malachite Box#Sochen and His Stones|Sochen and His Stones]]", "[[The Malachite Box#The Master Craftsman|The Master Craftsman]]", "[[List of stories within The Malachite Box#The Two Lizards|The Two Lizards]]", "[[List of stories within The Malachite Box#A Fragile Twig|A Fragile Twig]]", "[[List of stories within The Malachite Box#The Grass Hideaway|The Grass Hideaway]]", and "[[List of stories within The Malachite Box#Tayutka's Mirror|Tayutka's Mirror]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fantlab.ru/work89037|title=Уральские сказы|publisher=[[FantLab]]|language=Russian|accessdate=1 December 2015|trans-title = Tales from the Urals }}</ref>
=== Adaptations ===
In 1941 [[Alexander Fridlender]] composed the ballet ''The Mountain Fairy Tale'' ({{lang-rus|Горная сказка|Gornaja skazka|links=no}}), based on the story.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sokomso.ru/members/fridlender-aleksandr-grigorevich|title=Фридлендер Александр Григорьевич |trans-title = Fridlender Alexander Grigoryevitch|publisher=The Union of Composers of Sverdlovsk Oblast|language=Russian|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref>
The animated film ''The Mistress of the Copper Mountain'' was released a part of the animated film series made at [[Sverdlovsk Film Studio]]<ref name="animator"/><ref name="mebu">{{cite web|url=http://mebu.ru/stf/catalog.php?fl=1&letter=%CC|title=The list of animated films|publisher=Soyztelefilm|language=Russian|accessdate=23 November 2015}}</ref> from the early 1970s to early 1980s, on time for the 100th anniversary since the birth of Pavel Bazhov. The series included the following films: ''[[Sinyushka's Well]]'' (1973), ''The Mistress of the Copper Mountain'' (1975), ''[[The Malachite Casket (fairy tale)|The Malachite Casket]]'' (1976), ''[[The Stone Flower (1977 film)|The Stone Flower]]'' (1977), ''Podaryonka'' (based on "[[Silver Hoof]]", 1978<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5442|title=A Little Present|publisher=[[Animator.ru]]|accessdate=1 December 2015}}</ref>), ''[[Golden Hair (fairy tale)|Golden Hair]]'' (1979), and ''The Grass Hideaway'' (1982). This film is a [[stop motion]] animated film directed by [[Oleg Nikolaevsky]], with screenplay by A. Dobrovich and Alexander Timofeevsky.<ref name="animator">{{cite web|url=http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5432|title=The Mistress of the Coppery Mountain|publisher=[[Animator.ru]]|accessdate=23 November 2015}}</ref>
''[[Stepan's Remembrance]]'', a 1976 Soviet film, is the adaptation of the tales "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" and "[[The Malachite Casket (fairy tale)|The Malachite Casket]]".
''[[The Stone Flower (1946 film)|The Stone Flower]]'', a 1946 Soviet film,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2011.russiancinema.ru/index.php?e_dept_id=2&e_movie_id=2651|title=The Stone Flower (1946)|publisher=The Russian Cinema Encyclopedia|language=Russian|accessdate=23 November 2015}}</ref> incorporates plot elements from this story.
''[[The Book of Masters]]'', a 2009 Russian language fantasy film, is loosely based on Bazhov's tales, mostly "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newslab.ru/article/291973|title=Книга мастеров |trans-title=The Book of Masters|last=Mezenov|first=Sergey|date=30 October 2009|publisher=Newslab.ru|language=Russian|accessdate=8 December 2015}}</ref> and "The Stone Flower".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.proficinema.ru/distribution/reviews/detail.php?ID=69936|title="Книга мастеров": герои русских сказок в стране Disney |trans-title=''The Book of Masters'': the Russian fairy tale characters in Disneyland |last=Sakharnova|first=Kseniya|date=21 October 2009|publisher=Profcinema Co. Ltd.|language=Russian|accessdate=8 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2009/10/27/a_3277257.shtml|title= Nor have we seen its like before… |trans-title=|last=Zabaluyev|first=Yaroslav|date=27 October 2009|publisher=[[Gazeta.ru]]|language=Russian|accessdate=8 December 2015}}</ref>
The 2012 opera ''The Malachite Casket'', based on "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" and "The Malachite Casket", was created by [[Dmitry Batin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://permopera.ru/playbills/repertoire/show/19|title=Малахитовая шкатулка |trans-title = The Malachite Casket|publisher=[[Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre|The Perm Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre]]|language=Russian|accessdate=15 December 2015}}</ref>
==References==
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== Sources ==
* {{cite book|last=Bazhov|first=Pavel|author-link=Pavel Bazhov|editor=Valentina Bazhova |editor2=Alexey Surkov |editor2-link=Alexey Surkov |editor3=Yevgeny Permyak|title= Sobranie sochinenij v trekh tomakh|trans-title= Works. In Three Volumes|script-title = ru:Собрание сочинений в трех томах |volume=1|year=1952|publisher=[[Khudozhestvennaya Literatura]]|location=Moscow|language=Russian}}
* {{cite book|last=Bazhov|first=Pavel |author2=translated by Alan Moray Williams|title=The Malachite Casket: tales from the Urals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UD-sAAAAIAAJ|series=Library of selected Soviet literature|year=1944|publisher=[[Hutchinson (publisher)|Hutchinson & Co. ltd.]]|location=The University of California|isbn=9787250005603 }}
* {{cite book|last=Bazhov|first=Pavel | author2=translated by Eve Manning |title=Malachite Casket: Tales from the Urals|url=http://issuu.com/uralmap/docs/bazhov_pavel_malachite_casket_tales|publisher=Foreign Languages Publishing House|location=Moscow |year=1950s}}
* {{cite journal|last=Lipovetsky|first=Mark |year=2014|title=The Uncanny in Bazhov's Tales|journal=Quaestio Rossica|publisher=The [[University of Colorado Boulder]] |volume=2|issue=2 |pages=212–230|issn=2311-911X|doi=10.15826/qr.2014.2.051|author-link=Mark Naumovich Lipovetsky|language=Russian |url=http://journals.urfu.ru/index.php/QR/article/view/051|doi-access=free}}
* {{cite journal|last=Nikulina|first=Maya|year=2003|title= Pro zemelnye dela i pro tajnuju silu. O dalnikh istokakh uralskoj mifologii P.P. Bazhova|script-title = ru:Про земельные дела и про тайную силу. О дальних истоках уральской мифологии П.П. Бажова |trans-title = Of land and the secret force. The distant sources of P.P. Bazhov's Ural mythology |journal=Filologichesky Klass|publisher=[[Cyberleninka.ru]]|volume=9|url=http://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/pro-zemelnye-dela-i-pro-taynuyu-silu-o-dalnih-istokah-uralskoy-mifologii-p-p-bazhova|language=Russian}}
* {{cite journal|last=Prikazchikova|first=Yelena|year=2003 |trans-title = The Stone Force of The Ural Copper Mountains|title= Kamennaja sila mednykh gor Urala|script-title = ru:Каменная сила медных гор Урала|journal=Izvestiya of the Ural State University|publisher=The Ural State University|volume=28|pages=11–23|language=Russian |url=http://elar.urfu.ru/bitstream/10995/24166/1/iurg-2003-28-02.pdf}}
==External links==
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