About the book: 1988 / The collection "Epics" opens the "Library of Russian Folklore" in 15 volumes. The book presents all the main plots of the Russian epic Epics, recorded from the best storytellers in the 18th - early 20th centuries, published from the classical collections of Kirsha Danilov, P.V. Kireevsky, P.N. Rybnikov, A.F. Hilferding and others, as well as from Soviet scientific publications. The book is addressed to a wide range of readers.