Do you think only a modern person can find deep and sinister meaning in a naive and kind fairy tale? For example, declaring Moidodyr a demon that collects “impure” souls?
Nothing like it: the real experts in finding hidden ideas were the Soviet censors. Let’s see if you can guess why they tried to ban stories that are still read or told to children at bedtime!
Quiz: guess why the Soviet Union proposed to ban children’s fairy tales!
QUESTION 1 OF 5
Because of the mention of gold
‘Cause the old man and the old woman didn’t work
