100 books for schoolchildren

Russian extracurricular reading list of books May 2025 100 books for schoolchildren (ru 100 книг для школьников sto knig dlya shkolnyikov) is the list of books for extracurricular reading by schoolchildrenперечень «100 книг» по истории, культуре и литературе народов Российской Федерации, рекомендуемых школьникам к самостоятельному прочтению recommended by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, published in 2013.Н.В.Третьяк, О перечне «100 книг» по истории, культуре и литературе народов Российской Федерации The list was initiated by Vladimir Putin's "Russia: The National Question" (ru Россия: национальный вопрос) published in Nezavisimaya Gazeta in 2012.Владимир Путин. Россия: национальный вопрос, January 23, 2012Путин предложил составить список книг, которые должен прочитать каждый школьник The list was discussed for a week in 2012 at various online and print literary and cultural media of the Russian Federation, including the Public Council of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The reception of the idea of the list and the list itself was mixed. Elena Nizienko of the Ministry clarified that it does not include the books included into the school curriculum. Noting that usually the official documents are perceived as directive, she clarified that it a recommended, rather than an obligatory reading list. She also noted that the list will be periodically updatedМинобрнауки объяснило, как пользоваться списком 100 рекомендованных книг The list encompasses 139 individual works. The list №Numbering according to the list. №Numbering by order. Title Author 1 1 A Book of the Blockade Ales Adamovich and Daniil Granin 2 2 The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years Chinghiz Aitmatov 3 The White Ship 3 4 Ticket to the Stars Vasily Aksyonov 5 The Island of Crimea 4 6 My Brother Plays the Clarinet Anatoly Aleksin 5 7 Dersu the Trapper Vladimir Arsenyev 6 8 Shepherd and Shepherdess Viktor Astafyev 9 Queen Fish 7 10 Odessa Stories Isaac Babel 11 Red Cavalry 8 12 Ural Tales Pavel Bazhov 9 13 The Republic of ShKID Grigori Belykh and Leonid Panteleyev 10 14 The Moment of Truth Vladimir Bogomolov 11 15 The Battalions Request Fire Yuri Bondarev 16 The Hot Snow 12 17 Emperor Alexander III Alexander Bokhanov 13 18 The White Guard Mikhail Bulgakov 14 19 Alice: The Girl from Earth Kir Bulychev 15 20 Dark Avenues Ivan Bunin 16 21 The Dead Don't Feel Pain Vasil Bykov 22 The Ordeal 17 23 The Dawns Here Are Quiet Boris Vasilyev 24 His Name Was Not Listed 18 25 A History of Russia George Vernadsky 19 26 The Wizard of the Emerald City Alexander Volkov 20 27 Timur and His Gang Arkady Gaidar 28 Chuk and Gek 29 The Blue Cup 21 30 My Dagestan Rasul Gamzatov 31 Poems 22 32 Moscow and Muscovites Vladimir Gilyarovsky 23 33 The Same Old Story Ivan Goncharov 24 34 Russia: A Success Story Alexander Goryanin 25 35 Scarlet Sails Alexander Grin 36 She Who Runs on the Waves 26 37 From Rus to Russia Lev Gumilev 27 38 Poems Nikolai Gumilev 28 39 The Russian Turmoil Anton Denikin 29 40 The Moabit Notebook Musa Dzhalil 30 41 The Zone Sergei Dovlatov 42 The Suitcase 43 Pushkin Hills 44 Stories 31 45 The Idiot Fyodor Dostoevsky 32 46 The Adventures of Dennis Viktor Dragunsky 33 47 White Garments Vladimir Dudintsev 34 48 Granny, Iliko, Illarion, and I Nodar Dumbadze 35 49 There Was Never a Better Brother Magsud Ibragimbekov 36 50 About Russia Ivan Ilyin 37 51 The Twelve Chairs Ilf and Petrov 52 The Little Golden Calf 38 53 History of Russia in Stories for Children Aleksandra Ishimova 39 54 Sandro of Chegem Fazil Iskander 40 55 Two Captains Veniamin Kaverin 56 Open Book 41 57 Be Prepared, Your Highness! Lev Kassil 58 The Black Book and Shwambrania 42 59 A White Sail Gleams Valentin Kataev 43 60 Sashka Vyacheslav Kondratiev 44 61 Our Ancient Capital Nataliya Konchalovskaya 45 62 The Boy With a Sword Vladislav Krapivin 46 63 Treasure of the Narts Vladimir Kuzmin 47 64 The Duel Aleksandr Kuprin 65 The Garnet Bracelet 48 66 The Old Genie Hottabych Lazar Lagin 49 67 The Enchanted Wanderer Nikolai Leskov 50 68 The Tale of Igor's Campaign and Culture of That Time Dmitry Likhachev 69 Meditations about Russia 70 Stories from Russian Chronicles of the 12th–14th Centuries 51 71 Conversations about Russian Culture Juri Lotman 72 Commentary on Alexander Pushkin's Eugene Onegin 52 73 The Gift Vladimir Nabokov 74 The Defense 75 Invitation to a Beheading 53 76 Front-line Stalingrad Viktor Nekrasov 54 77 The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends Nikolay Nosov 78 Dunno on the Moon 79 The Living Hat 80 Mishka's Porridge 55 81 Sannikov Land Vladimir Obruchev 56 82 The Three Fat Men Yury Olesha 57 83 How the Steel Was Tempered Nikolai Ostrovsky 58 84 Story of a Life Konstantin Paustovsky 85 Mescherskaya Side 59 86 Requiem for Convoy PQ-17 Valentin Pikul 87 Miniatures 60 88 A Golden Cloud Spent the Night Anatoly Pristavkin 61 89 Stories and Novellas Lyudmila Petrushevskaya 62 90 A Story About a Real Man Boris Polevoy 63 91 Essays Kozma Prutkov 64 92 Farewell to Matyora Valentin Rasputin 65 93 Poems Robert Rozhdestvensky 66 94 Poems Nikolay Rubtsov 67 95 The Knight in the Panther's Skin Shota Rustaveli 68 96 The Dirk Anatoly Rybakov 97 The Bronze Bird 98 Shot 69 99 Poems David Samoylov 70 100 Poems Konstantin Simonov 101 The Living and the Dead 71 102 The Tale of Hodja Nasreddin Leonid Solovyov 72 103 Monday Begins on Saturday Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 104 Hard to Be a God 73 105 Stories and Novellas Viktoriya Tokareva 74 106 Prince Serebrenni Aleksey Tolstoy 75 107 Hadji Murat Leo Tolstoy 108 The Cossacks 109 Anna Karenina 76 110 Shurale Gabdulla Tukay 77 111 Pushkin Yury Tynyanov 112 The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar 78 113 Crocodile Gene and His Friends Eduard Uspensky 114 Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat 79 115 The Young Guard Alexander Fadeyev 116 The Rout 80 117 The Dingo Ruvim Frayerman 81 118 Poems Kosta Khetagurov 82 119 The Dragon Evgeny Schwartz 120 The Snow Queen 83 121 Stories Vasily Shukshin 84 122 Lunin Natan Eidelman 123 The 19th Century 85 124 Memoirs: 1921–1941 Ilya Ehrenburg 86 125 The Mongol Invasion Vasily Yan 87 126 I Sent You Birch Bark Valentin Yanin 88 127 Alpamysh Epics, Byliny, Chronicles 89 128 Epic of King Gesar 90 129 Daredevils of Sassoun 91 130 Epic of Jangar 92 131 Kalevala 93 132 Epic of Koroghlu 94 133 Epic of Manas 95 134 Olonkho 96 135 Ural-batyr 97 136 Ancient Russian Poems (collected by Kirsha Danilov) 98 137 Primary Chronicle 99 138 Byliny (compiled by Vladimir Chicherov and Petr Ukhov) 100 139 Fairy Tales of Russia (compiled by Mark Vatagin) References Category:Education in Russia Category:Lists of books