Evpaty Kolovrat

Evpaty Kolovrat (Russian: Евпатий Коловрат, romanized: Yevpaty Kolovrat, IPA: [jɪfˈpatʲɪj kəlɐˈvrat]; c. 1200 – 1238) is a Russian bogatyr described in The Tale of the Destruction of Ryazan. According to the tale, he died while fighting the vastly superior army of the Mongol ruler Batu Khan, trying to avenge the destruction of Ryazan a few weeks earlier.

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