Editing Arkhangelsk (section)

===Literature===
The Russian North, and, in particular, the area of Arkhangelsk, is notable for its [[folklore]]. Until the mid-20th century, fairy tales and ''[[bylina]]s'' were still performed on the daily basis by performers who became professionals. Starting from the 1890s, folkloric expeditions have been organized to the White Sea area and later to other areas of the Arkhangelsk Governorate in order to write down the tales and the ''bylinas'', especially in Pomor dialects. {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

In the 1920s, mostly due to the efforts of [[Anna Astakhova]], these expeditions became systematic. By the 1960s, the performing art was basically extinct. These folkloric motives and fairy tales inspired the literary works of [[Stepan Pisakhov]] and [[Boris Shergin]], who were both natives of Arkhangelsk.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}