Russian Folklore

Guys, a new game based on the Russian fairy tale Vasilisa the Beautiful has recently been released.

It's an adventure with gorgeous visuals and great music. Just look at this:

The story is basicaly retelling of the fairy tale "Vasilisa The Beautiful", so if you haven't read it yet, this game is a great way to familiarise yourself with the tale.

The gameplay is a little bit clunky, but it's still a great experiance for an evening, try it.

You can find the game in Steam: Vasilisa and Baba Yaga

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As for your question, if you can elaborate on what specific 15th century things you are interested in, I can probably look them up. There is a lot of information, photos and illustrations, it's just that it's mostly in Russian.

For example, there is literature written in the 15th century:

Dove Book (Голубиная Книга) - is a medieval Russian spiritual verse written ca. 1500.

Nikolas Roerich painting "The kings of the Earth reading the Book of the Dove":

A Journey Beyond the Three Seas (Хождение за три моря) - is a Russian travelogue in the form of travel notes, made by Afanasy Nikitin, a merchant from Tver, during his journey to the Indian subcontinent in 1466–1472.

There is also a Indo-Russian movie based on the travelogues Pardesi (1957):

Tamara Shevaryova's illustration for russian tale "Marya Morevna".

Koshchei the Deathless is an archetypal male antagonist in Russian folklore.

The most common feature of tales involving Koschei is a spell which prevents him from being killed. He hides "his death" inside nested objects to protect it. For example, his death may be hidden in a needle that is hidden inside an egg, the egg is in a duck, the duck is in a hare, the hare is in a chest, the chest is buried or chained up on a far island. Usually he takes the role of a malevolent rival figure, who competes for (or entraps) a male hero's love interest.

Palekh painting on a small box with illustration of "Morozko" tale.

Palekh miniature is a Russian folk handicraft of a miniature painting, which is done with tempera paints on varnished articles made of papier-mâché (including the creation of small boxes, cigarette cases, and powder cases).