Krylov’s Fables and Satire

Though he is often referred to as the Russian Jean de La Fontaine (himself known as the French Aesop) because his early works were imitations of the French fabulist, Krylov later wrote numerous original fables.

Krylov depicted, in a highly satirical style, the incompetent bureaucracy of his time, using anthropomorphized animals to make his political statements in more than 200 fables. This allowed him to avoid the wrath of Alexander I.

Here you can read some of Krylov’s fables in Russian: 

Квартет 

Зеркало и Обезьяна

Волк и Ягненок

Слон и Моська