WebKoschei (Russian: Коще́й, tr. Koshchey, IPA: [kɐˈɕːej]), often given the epithet "the Immortal", or "the Deathless" (Russian: Коще́й Бессме́ртный), is an archetypal male antagonist in Russian folklore.. The most common feature of tales involving Koschei is a spell which prevents him from being killed. He hides his soul inside nested objects to …

WebAs a literary genre, the chivalric romance is a type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the noble courts of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe.They were fantastic stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a chivalric knight-errant portrayed as having heroic qualities, who goes on a quest.It developed further from the epics as time went on; …

WebThe Zadonshchina is a sort of prose poem much in the style of the Tale of Igor's Campaign, and the resemblance of the latter to this piece furnishes an additional proof of its genuineness. This account of the battle of Kulikovo , which was gained by Dmitri Donskoi over the Mongols in 1380, has come down in three important versions.

WebPrince Igor (Russian: Князь Игорь, tr. Knyáz Ígor listen (help · info)) is an opera in four acts with a prologue, written and composed by Alexander Borodin.The composer adapted the libretto from the Ancient Russian epic The Lay of Igor's Host, which recounts the campaign of Rus' prince Igor Svyatoslavich against the invading Cuman ("Polovtsian") tribes in 1185.

WebThe gyrfalcon (/ ˈ dʒ ɜːr ˌ f ɔː (l) k ən / or / ˈ dʒ ɜːr ˌ f æ l k ən /) (Falco rusticolus), the largest of the falcon species, is a bird of prey.The abbreviation gyr is also used. It breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra, and the islands of northern North America and the Eurosiberian region. It is mainly a resident there also, but some gyrfalcons disperse more widely after the ...

WebRomantic nationalism (also national romanticism, organic nationalism, identity nationalism) is the form of nationalism in which the state claims its political legitimacy as an organic consequence of the unity of those it governs. This includes such factors as language, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, and customs of the nation in its primal sense of those who …

WebAndrey Zaliznyak, author of the comprehensive systematic description of Russian inflection, prominent researcher of the Old Novgorod dialect and birch bark documents, proved the authenticity of the Tale of Igor's Campaign; L. L. Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto, the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language; Mathematicians

WebThe Cumans appear in Rus' culture in the Rus' epic poem The Tale of Igor's Campaign and are the military enemies of the Rus' in Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor, which features a set of Polovtsian Dances. The name Cuman is the name of several villages in Turkey, such as Kumanlar, including the Black Sea region.

WebYaroslavl (Russian: Ярослáвль, IPA: [jɪrɐˈsɫavlʲ]) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 250 kilometers (160 mi) northeast of Moscow.The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl rivers. It is part of the Golden Ring, a group of historic cities northeast of Moscow …

WebThe Tale of Igor's Campaign and Bylinas (Old east slavic) (11th–19th centuries) Gita Govinda (Sanskrit) by Jayadeva; Naishadha Charita (Sanskrit) by Sriharsha; Parishishtaparvan (Sanskrit) by Hemachandra; Prithviraja Vijaya (Sanskrit) by Jayanaka (1191–1192) Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure ; Roman de Brut and Roman de …