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| Name | | Bogatyrs |
| Price, USD | | 6000.00 |
| Status | | For sale, check |
| Seller | | Russian Art Gallery |
| Size, cm
| | 100.0 x 65.0 cm /switch |
| Artist | | Vladimir Pimenov |
| Year made | | 1999-01-01 |
| Edition | | Original |
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| Theme | |
People |
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| Media | |
Oil on canvas |
| Collection | |
History of Russia |
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Here you can see three knight-errants - the heroes of Russian traditional folk chats. The names of the knights are Aljosha Popovich, Dobrynja Nikitich and Ilya of Murom.
Ilya OF MUROM,
Russian ILYA MUROMETS, a hero of the oldest known Old Russian byliny, traditional heroic folk chats. He is presented as the principal bogatyr (knight-errant) at the 10th-century court of Saint Vladimir I of Kiev, although with characteristic epic vagueness he often participates in historical events of the 12th century.
Unlike the aristocratic heroes of most epics, Ilya was of peasant origin. He was a decidedly unpromising child who could not walk and who lived the life of a stay-at-home, sitting on top of the stove until he was more than 30 years old, when he discovered the use of his legs through the miraculous advice of some pilgrims. He was then given a splendid magic horse that became his inseparable companion, and he left his parents' home for Vladimir's court. There he became the head of Vladimir's retainers and performed astonishing feats of strength. He killed the monster Nightingale the Robber and drove the Tatars out of the kingdom.
Though generous and devoted, Ilya was always independent and showed little of the deference of vassal to lord. Once when Vladimir gave a party without inviting him, Ilya knocked down all the church steeples in Kiev in a fit of anger. When Vladimir sent for him, however, his anger was immediately mollified. Because of his simple heart, rough honesty, and obstinate strength, Ilya has remained a durable symbol to the eastern Slavs. His legend was the basis of the Symphony No. 3 (1909-11; Ilya Muromets) by Reinhold Glière.
Murom,
city, Vladimir oblast (province), western Russia. Murom lies along the Oka River. It is one of the oldest Russian towns and was first mentioned in the chronicles of 862. Surviving historic buildings include the Trinity and Annunciation monasteries and the churches of the Resurrection and Transfiguration, all from the 17th century. The contemporary city has engineering, textile, and sawmilling industries.
And we also give you a brief story of what the word 'bylina' means in Russian:
bylina,
plural BYLINY, traditional form of Old Russian and Russian heroic narrative poetry transmitted orally, still a creative tradition in the 20th century. The oldest byliny belong to a cycle dealing with the golden age of Kievan Rus in the 10th-12th century. They centre on the deeds of Prince Vladimir I and his court. One of the favourite heroes is the independent Cossack Ilya of Murom, who defended Kievan Rus from the Mongols. Although these ancient songs are no longer known to the peasants around Kiev, they were discovered in the 19th century in the repertoire of peasants living around Lake Onega in the remote northwestern regions of European Russia. They are also known in the far northeastern outposts of Siberia.
Other byliny, dealing with all periods of Ukrainian and Russian history, have been collected throughout the country. They may relate events from the reigns of Ivan the Terrible or Peter the Great, or deal with the Cossack rebels Stenka Razin and Pugachov. A 20th-century bylina, the Tale of Lenin, converts the chief events of the Russian Revolution into a formulaic hero tale. Taken together, the byliny constitute a folk history in which facts and sympathies are often at variance with official history.
Byliny may have originated with professional court minstrels, but they are now circulated and created by peasants and simple folk. With the spread of literacy, the art of composing and chanting byliny is dying out. |
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