Koshchei Bessmertny

In the books of the unique series by the publishing house named after Strelbitsky "Russian Historic Novel" the pages of history come alive, starting with the Ancient times and till nowadays. "Koshchei Bessmertny" - is a work by the Russian poet and writer, the father of the genre of historical fantasy A. F. Veltman (1800 - 1870). The novel "Koshchei Bessmertny" (1833) made the literary critics be at a loss while deciding the genre. It was the time of historical prose being fashionable. In Veltman''s work hitstorical twisted with fabulous. Veltman - is the father of the new genre of historical fantasy. The author was among the first in the world literature to use the technique of the time travel, the linkage of fabulously-mystical to the real heroes'' past.