The caption for this 1923 illustration reads: Zidovin threw the iron club into the air and caught it with one hand. The great Russian hero Ilia Muromec watched this and then rode forward to do battle. Ilia was born in Kiev. For thirty years, he and twelve knights had guarded the city castle, until one day the mighty Zidovin appeared. The battle between Zidovin and Ilia was mighty and fierce, with Ilia vanquishing Zidovin.
The caption for this 1923 illustration reads: Zidovin threw the iron club into the air and caught it with one hand. The great Russian hero Ilia Muromec watched this and then rode forward to do battle. Ilia was born in Kiev. For thirty years, he and twelve knights had guarded the city castle, until one day the mighty Zidovin appeared. The battle between Zidovin and Ilia was mighty and fierce, with Ilia vanquishing Zidovin.
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Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: club, folk, folktale, hero, horseback, ilia, iron, knights, legend, legendary, muromec, myth, mythology, russia, russian, russians, throws, zidovin
