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The collection of Sámi folktales Seven-Year-Old Archer was published in 1990 by the Murmansk publishing house. The book contains twenty-six traditional stories. Although the illustrations differ slightly in color and style from some of Tsikota’s other works, his unmistakable artistic voice remains — once you have seen Tsikota’s drawings, they […]
Valery Tsikota (1951–2004) was a Leningrad artist and book illustrator. He studied at the Secondary Art School attached to the Repin Institute of Painting Sculpture and Architecture and graduated successfully from the institute in 1976. In addition to illustration, he worked in publishing and served as editor-in-chief of several magazines, […]