Russian philology
and political writing and the media, but that "direct action" is the responsibility of civil
society.
Leading "new realists" include Ilja Stogoff, Zakhar Prilepin, Alexander Karasyov, Arkadi
Babchenko, Vladimir Lorchenkov and Alexander Snegiryov.
Popular genres
Children's literature in Soviet Union was considered a major genre, because of its educational
role. A large share of early period children's books were poems: Korney Chukovsky, Samuil
Marshak, Agnia Barto were among the most read. "Adult" poets, such as Mayakovsky and
Sergey Mikhalkov, contributed to the genre as well. Some of the early Soviet children's prose
was loose adaptations of foreign fairy tales unknown in contemporary Russia. Alexey N.
Tolstoy wrote Buratino, a light-hearted and shortened adaptation of Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio.
Alexander Volkov introduced fantasy fiction to Soviet children with his loose translation of L.
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