Ded Moroz, Russia’s Father Frost, has many relatives: Joulupukki, Sinterklaas, St. Nicholas, Jezisek, Babbo Natale, Santa Claus. However, none of them has Snegurochka, the Snow Maiden, as a companion, a girl with a long plait, in a fur coat and boots
© RIA Novosti . PolyakovDed Moroz, Russia’s Father Frost, has many relatives: Joulupukki, Sinterklaas, St. Nicholas, Jezisek, Babbo Natale, Santa Claus. However, none of them has Snegurochka, the Snow Maiden, as a companion, a girl with a long plait, in a fur coat and boots
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Ded Moroz, Russia’s Father Frost, has many relatives: Joulupukki, Sinterklaas, St. Nicholas, Jezisek, Babbo Natale, Santa Claus. However, none of them has Snegurochka, the Snow Maiden, as a companion, a girl with a long plait, in a fur coat and boots
© RIA NovostiNo one knows who Snow Maiden’s parents are. One legend says that an old childless couple who wished they had children made a snow woman that turned into a real live girl
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No one knows who Snow Maiden’s parents are. One legend says that an old childless couple who wished they had children made a snow woman that turned into a real live girl
© RIA Novosti . Fred Grinberg / Go to the mediabankRussian writer Alexander Ostrovsky wrote a play based on the folktale. In 1882, the famous Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov created the opera of the same name. New Year celebrations in the Moscow Pioneers Palace on Vorobyovy Gory (Sparrow Hills). The Snow Maiden is Nina Savinskaya, a Moscow concert artist
Russian writer Alexander Ostrovsky wrote a play based on the folktale. In 1882, the famous Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov created the opera of the same name. New Year celebrations in the Moscow Pioneers Palace on Vorobyovy Gory (Sparrow Hills). The Snow Maiden is Nina Savinskaya, a Moscow concert artist
© RIA Novosti . V.Shiyanovsky / Go to the mediabankThe Snow Maiden’s appearance symbolizes frozen waters
The Snow Maiden’s appearance symbolizes frozen waters
© RIA Novosti . Grigory SysoyevShe dresses in white clothes and wears a crown decorated with silver and pearls on her head
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She dresses in white clothes and wears a crown decorated with silver and pearls on her head
© RIA Novosti . V.DavydovHowever, rules are created to violate them. Snow Maiden can be dressed in blue gowns
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However, rules are created to violate them. Snow Maiden can be dressed in blue gowns
And in turquoise
© RIA Novosti . Alexander Lyskin / Go to the mediabankShe has got her contemporary look only in the middle of the 20th centaury and when New Year celebrations were officially allowed in the Soviet Union
She has got her contemporary look only in the middle of the 20th centaury and when New Year celebrations were officially allowed in the Soviet Union
© RIA Novosti . Boris Kaufman / Go to the mediabankOriginally she was pictured as a little girl and only later became a young woman
Originally she was pictured as a little girl and only later became a young woman