Ilya Muromets

Ilya Muromets or Murometz, also known as Ilya of Murom, is a bogatyr in byliny set during the time of Kievan Rus'. He is often featured alongside fellow bogatyrs Dobrynya Nikitich and Alyosha Popovich, the three collectively known in Russian culture as "the three bogatyrs".

For other uses, see Ilya Muromets (disambiguation).

Attempts have been made to identify a possible historical nucleus for the character. The main candidate is Ilya Pechersky, a 12th-century monk in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra who was canonized in 1643. His relics are preserved in the monastery.

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