Alyosha Popovich

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Alyosha Popovich (Russian: Алёша Попович, lit. 'Alexey, son of the priest') is a hero in Russian folklore, appearing during the times of Kievan Rus'. He is a bogatyr (a medieval knight-errant) and the youngest of the three main bogatyrs, the other two being Dobrynya Nikitich and Ilya Muromets. All three are represented together in Viktor Vasnetsov's famous painting Bogatyrs (1898). In byliny (Russian oral epic poems), he is described as a clever-minded priest's son who wins by tricking and outsmarting his foes. He defeated the dragon Tugarin Zmeyevich by trickery.

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