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Ilya Muromets
Ilya Muromets is a hero in Russian history. He is present in numerous epic
poems). Along with Dobrynya Nikitich and Alyosha Popovich he is regarded as
the greatest of all the legendary bogatyrs of Kievan Rus. The three of them are
represented together in Vasnetsov's famous painting Warriors. As the story goes,
he lived in the 12th century. According to legends, Ilya, the son of a farmer, was
bom in Morivsk a village in Ukraine. He suffered serious illness in his youth and
was unable to walk until the age of 33. He was then given super-human strength
by a dying knight, Svyatogor. Ilya protected his country against enemies using
his unusual strength. Ilya Muromets's name became a synonym of an outstanding
physical and spiritual power and a hero of numerous movies, pictures,
monuments, cartoons and anecdotes. He is the only epic hero canonized by the
Russian Orthodox Church.
