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Warriors, singers, cosmonauts and just people who did what they had to do regardless of the danger or fear - these are heroes known and respected by contemporary Russians. 1. Yuri Gagarin
26 sie 2016 · You might be interested to know that some of the most fallible superhuman warriors of all time are found in Russian fairy tales. The great warriors, the bogatyrs, are a staple of the Russian literary imagination.
A bogatyr (Russian: богатырь, IPA: [bəɡɐˈtɨrʲ] ⓘ, Ukrainian: богатир) or vityaz (Russian: витязь, IPA: [ˈvʲitʲɪsʲ], Ukrainian: витязь) is a stock character in medieval East Slavic legends, akin to a Western European knight-errant. Bogatyrs appear mainly in Rus' epic poems—bylinas.
Among them, the four Russian commanders won many battles, large and small, and received dozens of wounds for their country. Yet not one of them fell on the field of battle. They faced some of the greatest foes to challenge Russian might, including Swedish raiders, German knights, Ottoman janissaries, Polish lancers, and Napoleon’s grenadiers.
When you think about fabulous warriors, you perhaps keep in mind fighters from Greece or Roman Empire. However, the history of the Slavic countries is full of incredibly brave and fascinating men whose bravery influenced their times. Some of them literally changed the history of the world.
Every Russian child from a very young age knows who Ilya Muromets is: the strongest and bravest among Russian ‘bogatyrs’ (warrior knights). Basically, Russia’s answer to Hercules.
29 cze 2016 · The Three Warriors: Who Were They? All Russians know them from childhood from the epic poems (bylini) of Russia’s mythologized past. All Russian boys want to be like them. After all, they’re the original superheroes, these warriors from Russian epic poetry.
