An idle Google image search uncovered a treasure trove of images that were clearly evoking Russian legends through a modern fantasy lens. Before I set to tracking down the artist, I wondered if these were pictures from a Russian version of Red Box-era D&D or maybe the concept art for a awesome toy line we never got in the West. A few clicks more and I learned that the art was by Roman Papsuev, who has made it a personal project to reinterpret Russian folk tales in the aesthetics of Western fantasy gaming under the title "Tales of Old Rus."
Gusli (Гусли) it's the oldest East Slavic multi-string plucked instrument. It's roots lie in Novgorod. Gusli is related to Karelian/Finnish kantele, Latvian kokle and Lithuanian kankles. Hi, long ti…
Roman 'Amok' Papsuev talked about the creation of his amazing project "Tales of Old Rus", which changes the image of classical Russian folk heroes and villains.
Dynamichrome has colorized moving portraits of immigrants passing through Ellis Island in the early 1900s.
Roman 'Amok' Papsuev talked about the creation of his amazing project "Tales of Old Rus", which changes the image of classical Russian folk heroes and villains.
Russia can be considered to have a history dating back to 862 AD with the election of Rurik and unification of the region in a single country
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Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus', was the first East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13...
