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A Russian fairy-tale with no moral whatsoever? (Plus: Bonus “Santa horror”!) Posted by Rob on Dec 18, 2012

Last week, I briefly mentioned a classic сказка called Два мороза (“The Two Frosts”) — in which the Frost Brothers (one with a blue nose, one with a red nose) attempt to freeze a барин (“rich man”) who’s dressed in furs and a мужик (here: “male peasant”) with a thin coat. (It turns out that…