Pro Fedota-strel'tsa udalogo molodtsa [About Fedot-the shooter brave young man]

The Tale of Fedot the Strelets is a play poem by Russian writer and actor Leonid Filatov, written in 1985 and first published in Yunost in 1987. With a storyline based on Russian folk tales, 'Fedot' is a social and political satire on contemporary realities of life in Russia. Characters mix archaic Russian language, typical for folklore, with neologisms of modern Russian, providing additional comic effect. Film adaptations have been made in 1988, 2000 and 2008. Sound time: 1,5 hours. Reads: Vladimir Kachan. MP3 format.