By ΠΠΎΡΠΌΠ°Π½ ΠΡΠ½ΡΡ Π’Π΅ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΡ ΠΠΌΠ°Π΄Π΅ΠΉ
Β«Π©Π΅Π»ΠΊΡΠ½ΡΠΈΠΊ ΠΈ ΠΡΡΠΈΠ½ΡΠΉ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΠ»ΡΒ», Π²ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ²ΡΠ΅ ΠΈΠ·Π΄Π°Π½Π½ΡΠΉ Π² 1816 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ, ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π΄Π΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠ½Π½Π°Ρ ΠΈΠ³ΡΡΡΠΊΠ° ΠΈΠ· ΡΠ°ΠΊΡΠΎΠ½ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π³ΠΎΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ»Π°ΡΡ Π² Π³Π΅ΡΠΎΡ Π»ΡΠ±ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΎΠΆΠ΄Π΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΠΊΠΈ. ΠΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡ Π²Π΄ΠΎΡ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠ»Π° ΠΠ΅ΡΡΠ° Π§Π°ΠΉΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΊΡ ΠΡΠ²Π° ΠΠ²Π°Π½ΠΎΠ²Π° 1892 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π°, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΡ Π²ΡΡΠΎΠΊΠΎ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ» ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°ΠΉ II, Π½Π΅ΡΠΌΠΎΡΡΡ Π½Π° Π½Π΅ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠ·Π½Π°ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΎΡΠ·ΡΠ²Ρ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ. Π ΠΊΠ°Π½ΡΠ½ ΠΏΡΠ°Π·Π΄Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ° ΠΠ°ΡΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ°Π΅Ρ Π©Π΅Π»ΠΊΡΠ½ΡΠΈΠΊΠ°; Π΄ΡΡΠ·ΡΡ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΡΡ Π½Π°Π΄ Π½ΠΈΠΌ, Π½ΠΎ Π΄Π΅Π²ΠΎΡΠΊΠ° Π²ΡΡΠ°Π΅Ρ Π½Π° Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π·Π°ΡΠΈΡΡ, Π½Π΅ Π·Π½Π°Ρ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΎΠ½ Π·Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΡΠΉ ΠΌΠ°Π»ΡΡΠΈΠΊ. ΠΠΎΠ±Π΅Π΄Π° Π½Π°Π΄ ΠΡΡΠΈΠ½ΡΠΌ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΠ»Π΅ΠΌ ΠΈ Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠ²Ρ ΠΠ°ΡΠΈ Π²ΠΎΠ·Π²ΡΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΡ Π΅ΠΌΡ ΠΈΡΡΠΈΠ½Π½ΡΠΉ ΠΎΠ±Π»ΠΈΠΊ. Π ΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³Ρ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ Π²ΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π° ΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΠΊΠ° Β«ΠΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΠΎΠΉ Π³ΠΎΡΡΠΎΠΊΒ».
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, first published in 1816, tells how a wooden toy from a Saxon town becomes the hero of a beloved Christmas tale. The story inspired Tchaikovskyβs music and Lev Ivanovβs 1892 ballet, which was praised by Tsar Nicholas II despite mixed press reviews. On Christmas Eve, young Marie receives the Nutcracker; her friends mock him, but she defends him, unaware that he is an enchanted boy. After defeating the Mouse King, Marieβs love restores his true form. The volume also includes the fairy tale "The Golden Pot".