The Malachite Box them are keepers of hidden underground riches. The Mistress, described as either a beautiful green-eyed woman in malachite gown or a lizard with the crown on her head, is the keeper of gemstones. Poloz is the master of every existing piece of gold. The miners believed that if a gold-bearing lode disappeared, it meant that the Great Snake moved it to a different place. Bazhov introduced numerous daughters of Poloz, including Golden Hair from the tale of the same name. The relationship between Poloz and the Mistress is unclear. Bazhov commented that he asked some story-tellers about it, but they
The Malachite Box anniversary since the birth of Pavel Bazhov. The series included the following films: "Sinyushka's Well" (1973), "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" (1975), "The Malachite Casket" (1976), "The Stone Flower" (1977), "Podaryonka" (based on "Silver Hoof", 1978), "Golden Hair" (1979), and "The Grass Hideaway" (1982). Three hand-drawn animated films were released by Soyuzmultfilm in the 1970s: "Silver Hoof" in 1977 directed by Gennady Sokolsky and written by Genrikh Sapgir, "The Master Craftsman" in 1978 directed by Inessa Kovalevskaya, was based on "The Stone Flower" and "The Master Craftsman"; "The Fire-Fairy" in 1979 directed by Natalia Golovanova. The Malachite Box The