author

Fedor Alexis Postnikov

b. 1872

Best known for a lively early-20th-century children’s book set in Siberia, this little-documented writer opened a window onto Cossack life for young readers. The surviving record is thin, but his work still stands out for its vivid setting and sense of everyday adventure.

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Our Little Cossack Cousin in Siberia

Our Little Cossack Cousin in Siberia

by Fedor Alexis Postnikov

About the author

Fedor Alexis Postnikov is a scarce figure in the historical record, but library catalogs identify him as an author born in 1872. He is credited with Our Little Cossack Cousin in Siberia, a children’s book published by The Page Company in 1916 and later preserved by Project Gutenberg.

That book introduces young readers to life along the Ussuri River and presents Cossack customs, family life, travel, and frontier-style adventure in an accessible way. It was written for the popular early-1900s market for children’s books that blended storytelling with glimpses of other places and cultures.

Because reliable biographical information is limited, it is safest to remember Postnikov through the work itself: a period piece that reflects how English-language children’s publishing imagined Russia and Siberia in the years before the Russian Revolution. No suitable verified portrait could be confirmed from the sources reviewed.