List of stories within The Malachite Box

This is a list of the stories in Pavel Bazhov's collection The Malachite Box. The first edition, released on 28 January 1939, consisted of 14 stories, based on the oral lore of the miners and gold prospectors. After the initial publication, the author continuously added new stories to the collection.

The Cossacks come to the Ural Mountains and are faced a tribe of the "Old People" who do not know the value of gold.

This skaz introduces Poloz the Great Snake, the master of gold.

A young the factory worker named Stepan meets the legendary Mistress of the Copper Mountain, the patroness of miners.

The Mistress of the Copper Mountain punishes the bailiff for his cruelty.

A greedy miner Vanka Sochen searches for the Mistress of the Copper Mountain's rare gemstones. The Mistress appears before him and allows to gather some stones provided that he will bring them directly to the bailiff. When Sochen gets to the bailiff and opens his bag, there are no gemtones there.

A rich promiscuous woman gets interested in a young worker named Mark, who is already married to Tatyana.

Stepan's daughter Tanyushka inherits the Mistress's Malachite Casket.

A talented stone-craftsman Danilo finds out about the beautiful Stone Flower that grows in the domain of the Mistress of the Copper Mountain.

An old man Kokovanya and an orphan girl Daryonka find the grey goat Silver Hoof, who stamps with his silver hoof and leaves chrysolites on the ground.

It was first published as "The Tale of Itkul" (Russian: Сказ про Иткуль, tr. Skaz pro Itkul). This is one of the few stories that are based on the Bashkir folklore.

After Danilo the Craftsman leaves the village for the Mistress of the Copper Mountain's domain, Katyenka, his betrothed, moves in into his former house. She learns stone craft from Danilo's old teacher Prokopich. After his death she starts working as a craftsman. One day she meets the Mistress and asks her to return Danilo to her. The Mistress arranges a meeting between them and presents Danilo with a choice: "If you go with her you forget all that is mine, if you remain here, then you must forget her and all living people". Danilo chooses to return to the village, saying that he remembers Katyenka every minute.

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