About the book: 2023 / Everyone knows the ancient city of Nizhny Novgorod well. This is the center of a distinctive region. It is surrounded by: Gorodets - the capital of Volga crafts; Semenov - the center of Khokhloma; Sarov is an ancient monastic center; Arzamas was once the capital of the Mordovian merchants. Here are Pushkin’s Boldino and Diveevo with its monastery. This fairy tale is about this famous region. What about a fairy tale without a merchant? Without beauty and spirituality? No way. The cover image was made using the Wombo.Art neural network.