Old Peter's Russian Tales is a collection of Russian folk-tales by Arthur Ransome, who had gone to Russia to learn the language (and escape from his first marriage) in 1913. He began writing the tales on 14 November 1914 (LAR p 99), and it was published in 1916. His introductory note is dated "Vergezha 1915" where he was staying with the Tyrkovs at their estate on the River Volkhov. Another book of Russian folk-tales was published in 1984, The War of the Birds and the Beasts.