Characters in bylinas

Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725

Cossack leader (c. 1630 - 1671)

Russian cossack explorer and pirate

Russian legendary hero

thumb|Sadko, Palekh miniature

mythical character

Russian legendary figure

folk hero in the Russian folklore

in Russian folktales and epic poetry, is a dragon or serpent, or sometimes a human-like character with dragon-like traits

fictional character

thumb|Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin, depiction by [[Klavdy Lebedev (1889)]] Tugarin () is a mythical creature in Russian byliny and fairy tales, which personifies evil and cruelty and appears in a dragon-like form. Tugarin is depicted as a giant and an opponent of Alyosha Popovich.

character of the Bogatyr epics

Russian mythical hero

Russian epic hero

thumb|Sadko (painting)|Sadko by [[Ilya Repin]] In Russian folklore, Chernava (diminutive: Chernavushka; ) is Sea Tsar's daughter (or, according to some versions, a niece), spirit and personification of the river of the same name. She is a mermaid. Her head and upper body are human, while the lower body is a fish's tail. Chernava is famed from her appearance in the epic of Sadko.

character in Bylina