About Ilya Muromets, Dobrynya Nikitich, Alyosha Popovich...

The book includes famous bylinas about great Russian heroes retold by the well-known folklorist I.V. Karnauhova. Ilya Muromets, Alyosha Popovich, Dobrynya Nikitich, Svyatogor the hero, Volga Vseslavich — everyone young and old knows about these heroes. They are very strong, do not chase after wealth, do not grow their bellies at feasts, but protect the Russian land for the honor and glory of heroes. This book also contains the famous bylina about Vasilisa Mikulishna — a heroine who cleverly freed her husband from captivity. Illustrations by S. Bordyug and N. Trepenok. For younger school age.