Alexander Azemsha

The Little Hunter Tagikak

The Little Hunter Tagikak

The book The Little Hunter Tagikak brings together three Eskimo folk tales retold by G. Snegiryov and V. Glotser: The Little Sorceress, The Wooden Dish, and The Little Hunter Tagikak. The title story tells of two generations of sea hunters — a father and a son, both named Tagikak. The […]

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Alexander Azemsha

Alexander Azemsha

Alexander Nikolayevich Azemsha (1950–2014) was a well-known Russian artist and illustrator. In 1975, he graduated from the Ilya Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. From 1978 to 1988 he served as the chief artist of the youth magazine Koster (“The Campfire”). Azemsha designed and illustrated over one hundred books, […]

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