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Kirsha Danilov
Russian folklorist · Russia · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1703 to 1776 · aged 73
Kirsha Danilov was the supposed compiler of a collection of Russian heroic, religious and humorous folksongs that made its first appearance in print in 1804. The anthology is entitled The Ancient Russian Poems and includes 71 texts set down in manuscript in the mid-18th century, probably in the Urals.
Kirsha Danilov is read about 18 times a day, in 7 languages.
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It was one of the first authentic collections of folksongs to be published in Europe. The original manuscript was owned by industrialist Prokofi Demidov and is kept in the Russian National Library in St Petersburg.
