Dobrynya Nikitich
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Dobrynya Nikitich (Russian: Добрыня Никитич) is a bogatyr (i.e., medieval Russian knights-errant). He is one of the three figures represented together in Viktor Vasnetsov's famous painting Bogatyrs, alongside Alyosha Popovich and Ilya Muromets.
Dobrynya is depicted in Byliny (oral tradition) as a dragonslayer (killing the dragon Gorynich) who wins by bravery. He seems to be a representative of the noble class of warriors.
Historians believe that this personage evolved from the real Slavic-Varangian warlord Dobrynya, who led the armies of Svyatoslav the Great and tutored his son Vladimir the Fair Sun.
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This article is based on material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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