This PowerPoint aids in the understanding of Tolstaya's novel The Slynx.

1. The Slynx, 2000 By Tatyana Tolstaya

2. Leshii Nadezhda Antipova, 1996

3. Leshii Boris Zabirokhin, 1995

5. Birchbark Letter Novgorod, 13th Century

6. Text of Birchbark Letter

7. Birchbark Letter Novgorod, 14th Century

8. They Didn’t Expect Him Ilya Repin, 1888

9. An Aristocrat’s Breakfast Pavel Fedotov, 1850

10. The Seated Demon Mikhail Vrubel, 1890

11. Pushkin Monument, Moscow

12. From Ruslan and Liudmila Alexander Pushkin, 1820 There’s a green oak by the shores Of the blue bay; on a golden chain, A cat, learned in fairy stories, Walks round the tree in ceaseless strain: Moves to the right – a song it groans, Moves to the left – it tells a tale. There’re marvels there: the wood-sprite roams, Midst branches shines a mermaid’s tail; There are the strangest creatures’ traces On mysterious paths and moors; There stands a hut on hen’s legs, hairless, With no windows and no doors [..]

13. Illustration for Ruslan and Liudmila by 15-year-old Sasha Kushakov

14. Chernomor and Ruslan

15. From “Exegi Monumentum” Alexander Pushkin, 1836 I have erected a monument to myself Not built by hands; the path to it, though trodden By the people, shall not become overgrown, And it stands higher than Alexander's column.

16. From “The Prophet” Alexander Pushkin, 1827 "Arise, prophet, and see, and hear, Carry out my will, And passing by sea and land, Burn the hearts of people with the word."

17. Sirin, Liubok, 19th Century

18. Sirin, Liubok, 19th Century

19. Sirin and Alkonost: Songs of Sorrow and Joy Viktor Vasnetsov, 1896