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==In Russian folklore== {{main|Bogatyr}} Russian ''[[Bylina|byliny]]'' (epic poems) feature [[bogatyr]]s, knights-errant who served as protectors of their homeland, and occasionally as adventurers.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kononenko |first1=Natalie |authorlink=Natalie Kononenko |editor1-last=Beissinger |editor1-first=Margaret H. |title=The Oxford Handbook of Slavic and East European Folklore |chapter=Byliny: Russian Folk Epic |date=11 April 2025 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-008077-8 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Oxford_Handbook_of_Slavic_and_East_E/AC9KEQAAQBAJ |language=en |pages=502β503}}</ref> Some of them are presumed to be historical figures, while others are fictional and possibly descend from [[Slavic mythology]]. Most tales about bogatyrs revolve around the court of [[Vladimir I of Kiev]]. Three popular bogatyrs—[[Ilya Muromets]], [[Dobrynya Nikitich]] and [[Alyosha Popovich]] (famously painted by [[Victor Vasnetsov]])—are said to have served him.
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