The play-tale by Alexander Shiryaevets "About Ivan the Peasant Son, the Incredible Beauty and Koschei the Immortal " (to the question of literary prototypes)
The article examines the fairy tale play of A. Shiryaevts «About Ivan the Peasant's Son, the Impressive Beauty and Koschey the Immortal». Attention is drawn to a certain literary context that distinguishes contemporary writers who are capable or not capable of expressing themselves in the conditions of modern times, after the October Revolution of 1917.