Bogatyr (disambiguation)
Appearance
A bogatyr is a folk or epic hero in Russian culture. Bogatyr can also refer to:
In the military and industry
- Bogatyr class cruiser, a class of light cruiser ordered for the Imperial Russian navy under their 1895-1902 shipbuilding program. [1]
- Bogatyr (corvette), a 19th-century Russian corvette.[2]
- Bogatyr (mine), a large open-field coal mine in Ekibastuz, northeastern Kazakhstan.
- Bogatyr Access Komir, the largest coal mining group in Kazakhstan.
In literature
- The Seven Bogatyrs (The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights), a work by Russian poet Alexander Pushkin
In art
- The Bogatyr', a decorative oil on canvas panel painted by Mikhail Vrubel in 1898. It is displayed in the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.[3]
- Bogatyrs, an 1898 painting by Viktor Vasnetsov, displayed in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
In music
- The Bogatyr Gate, a proposed name for the finale of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, after a proposed gate to Kiev in 1866 by Victor Hartmann. The gate was to commemorate the escape of Tsar Alexander II of Russia from an assassination attempt. This version of the gate was not selected in the competition.[4]
- The Snow Bogatyr, a 1905 opera by César Cui
In popular culture
- The T-39 Bogatyr, part of the Pan Asian Coalition (PAC) armored cavalry in the video game Battlefield 2142. It is a "Battlewalker" or "mech" that carries a driver and a weapons officer. Its counterpart in the European Union (EU) Army is the L-5 Riesig.
- The Bogatyr, Kostya Torzianin, the Commander of the Druzhina, who guard the "Drakhaon" or "Dragon Lord" of the country Azhkendir in Rossiya in Lord of Snow and Shadows by Sarah Ash
- Bogatyri (comics), a Marvel comicbook villain organization whose members included the characters Mikula Goluben, Svystogar, Vladimir Orekhov.
- Bogatyr, a superhero from Russia, part of a fictional United Nations organization, who appears as a character in the GURPS sourcebook International Super Teams, ISBN 155634192X. A defector from Russia, the character uses his own design of powered armor and an enhanced battle ax.