Adkham Turaev listened tooriental folk tales from an early age. He retained his love for intricate plots and fairy-tale characters and, as an adult, he began tocollect and write down unusual plots. The work ofcollecting folk wisdom took more than 7years, which led tothe creation ofaseries ofbooks under the general title Tales ofthe East. The collected works will allow you tounderstand the whole philosophy ofancient civilizations.