Gzhel Russian Porcelain Folk Figurine Bogatyr Vityaz on Horse for Sale

Gzhel Russian Porcelain Folk Figurine Bogatyr Vityaz on Horse For Sale

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Gzhel Russian Porcelain Folk Figurine Bogatyr Vityaz on Horse:
$37.89

Gzhel(Russian: Гжель, IPA: [ɡʐelʲ]) is a Russian style of blue and white ceramicswhich takes its name from the village of Gzheland surrounding area, where it has been produced since 1802.
Abogatyrorvityazis a stock characterin medievalEast Slavic legendsakin to a Western Europeanknight-errant. Bogatyrs appear mainly inRus\' epic poems—bylinasHistorically, they came into existence during the reign ofVladimir the Great(Grand Prince of Kiev from 980 to 1015) as part of his elite warriors (druzhina), akin toKnights of the Round Table.Tradition describes bogatyrs as warriors of immense strength, courage and bravery, rarely using magic while fighting enemies[in order to maintain the \"loosely based on historical fact\" aspect of bylinas. They are characterized as having resounding voices, with patriotic and religious pursuits, defending Rus\' from foreign enemies (especially nomadicTurkicsteppe-peoples or Finno-Ugric tribes in the period prior to the Mongol invasions) and their religion.In modern Russian, the wordbogatyrlabels a courageous hero, an athlete or a physically strong man.