Russian legends

thumb| Dobrynya Nikitich rescues Zabava Putyatichna from the dragon Gorynych, by [[Ivan Bilibin (1941)]]

thumb|Sadko, Palekh miniature

brothers of Rurik, a Varangian chieftain of the Rus'

Alyoshenka (, diminutive of the Russian male first name Alexey) or the Kyshtym Dwarf is believed by many to be a prematurely born female baby with many deformities found in the village of Kaolinovy, near Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia in May 1996. Subsequently, the remains were lost and only photos and videos survive. Various supernatural explanations arose.

historical legend about the origins of Rus