RUSS 0090 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Jack Zipes, Russian Fairy Tales, Copyright Term Extension Act
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Byl ny) [performers referred to these as starina ( old ) Byliny passed from royal courts to the peasantry (played in countryside similar to. Harp (rooted in performances and emphasizes greatness of heroes) Byl na and cycles: mythological epics, kievan epics, novgordian epics. Vladimir (or later prince) assigns heroic tasks. Bogatyrs (epic heroes) protect rus" from foreigners (pagans), foreign warriors, monsters, robbers. Bogatyrs defend country, widows, orphans, the poor. Leisure time devoted to romance and hunting. Genghis khan (d. 1227) and his offspring. 1223: tartars appear suddenly in the southeast, defeat rus" and pol vsty (another tribe) at the river k lka and then vanish as suddenly as they had appeared. 1237-40: tatars return and concur rus", which must pay tribute and provide military aid (golden horde) 1480: prince ivan iii renounces allegiance to khan. Son ivan iv ( the terrible ) moves from kiev to moscow taking title tsar .
