Biography
Александр Афанасьев
Real name: Александр Николаевич Афанасьев
Effective period / Period of releases: 1986
Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev (23 July [O.S. 11 July] 1826 — 5 October [O.S. 23 September] 1871) was a Russian Slavist and ethnographer who published nearly 600 Russian fairy and folk tales, one of the largest collections of folklore in the world.