Ilya Muromets
East Slavic legendary hero / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Ilya Muromets (disambiguation).
Ilya Muromets or Murometz,[1][lower-alpha 1] also known as Ilya of Murom,[2] is a bogatyr in byliny set during the time of Kievan Rus'.[1] He is often featured alongside fellow bogatyrs Dobrynya Nikitich and Alyosha Popovich,[3][1] the three collectively known in Russian culture as "the three bogatyrs [ru]".
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Attempts have been made to identify a possible historical nucleus for the character. The main candidate is Ilya Pechersky [ru], a 12th-century monk in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra who was canonized in 1643. His relics are preserved in the monastery.