Bring the elegance of Imperial Russia with the Lomonosov Imperial Porcelain Decorative Figurine Alyonushka Girl. The decorative figurine will be a perfect gift for porcelain lovers and a perfect addition to any porcelain home decor collection. 

About the character: the girl's name is Alyonushka from the Russian fairytale Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka (the text of this fairytale, please, read below).

Features:

·       The Figurine is HANDPAINTED. Hand wash is recommended.

·       The original Lomonosov factory logo is on the bottom of each piece. Genuine Article - 100% Guaranteed.

·        Material: hard-paste porcelain. Made in Russia by the Imperial Lomonosov Porcelain Factory.

•   Measures: L 11.6 cm, W 11.4 cm, H 25.3 cm/L 4.6", W 4.5", H 10".
• Produced since 1991/

Russian Fairytale: Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka

Once there lived an old man and his wife, and they had a daughter named Alyonushka and a son named Ivanushka. The old man and the old woman died, and Alyonushka and Ivanushka were left all alone in the world. Alyonushka burst into tears. She sat sobbing on the ground by a stack of hay while the little goat skipped round in play. Just then a Merchant chanced to be riding by.

"What are you crying for, pretty maid?" asked he. Alyonushka told him of her trouble. Said the Merchant:

"Marry me, pretty maid. I will dress you in gold and silver, and the little goat will live with us."

Alyonushka thought it over and agreed to marry the Merchant. They lived together happily, and the little goat lived with them and ate and drank with Alyonushka out of the same cup.

One day the Merchant went away from home and all of a sudden a Witch appeared out of nowhere. She stood under Alyonushka’s window and begged her ever so sweetly to go and bathe in the river with her. Alyonushka followed the Witch to the river, and when they got there the Witch fell upon Alyonushka and, tying a stone round her neck, threw her into the water and herself took on her shape.

Then she put on Alyonushka’s clothes and went to her house, and no one guessed she was not Alyonushka but a Witch. The Merchant came home and even he did not guess.

Only the little goat knew what had happened. He went about with drooping head and did not touch food or drink. Morning and evening he never left the river bank and, standing at the water’s edge, called:

"Sister, dear Sister Alyonushka!

Swim out, swim out to me."

The Witch learned of this, and she asked her husband to kill the little goat.

The Merchant was sorry for the little goat, for he had become very fond of him. But the Witch kept coaxing and wheedling so that there was nothing to be done, and he gave in at last.

"All right, you kill him then," he said. The Witch had big fires kindled, big pots heated and big knives sharpened.

The little goat found out that he was going to be killed, so he said to the Merchant:

"Let me go to the river before I die and have a last little drink." "Go," said the Merchant.

The little goat ran to the river, stood on the bank and cried piteously:

"Sister, dear Sister Alyonushka!

Swim out, swim out to me.

Fires are burning high,

Pots are boiling,

Knives are ringing,

And I am going to die."

And Alyonushka answered from out the river:

"Brother, dear Brother Ivanushka!

A heavy stone lies on my shoulders,

Silken weeds entangle my legs,

fellow sands press hard on my breast."

The Witch ordered a servant, "Go and find the goat and bring him to me."

The servant went to the river, and what did he see but the little goat running up and down the bank, calling piteously:

"Sister, dear Sister Alyonushka!

Swim out, swim out to me.

Fires are burning high,

Pots are boiling,

Knives are ringing,

And I am going to die."

And from the river someone’s voice called back:

"Brother, dear Brother Ivanushka!

A heavy stone lies on my shoulders,

Silken weeds entangle my legs,

Yellow sands press harden my breast."

The servant ran home and told his master what he had heard and seen. The Merchant called some people together; they went down to the river and, casting a silken net, dragged Alyonushka out on to the bank. They untied the stone, which was round her neck, dipped her in spring water and dressed her in bright clothes. And Alyonushka came back to life and was more beautiful than ever.

The little goat was wild with joy, he turned three somersaults, and lo and behold! He was changed into his proper shape again.

And the wicked Witch was tied to a horse’s tail and the horse turned loose in an open field.