Zhukovskii [ Zhukovsky ], V A [ Vasilii Andreevich ] & Rudakova, K [illustrator] — Ballady

Gos. izd-vo Detskoi Literatury, Leningrad. 1955 1st edition. Stapled booklet, VG. 31pp, pages tanned, a fair copy. Contains the following Ballads - Svetlana - Kubok - Sud Bozhii Nad Episkopom - Roland Oruzhenosets. Vasily Zhukovsky [ 1783 - 1852 ] foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature in the first half of the 19th century. Credited with introducing the Romantic Movement into Russia, the main body of his literary output consists of free translations into Russian from a wide range of foreign poets.