#ilya muromets

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[neonmetro]

honestly i'm convinced you two are the same person i got these asks back to back

ok corphead heights !!!! so despite me saying "i need to do a redo of the industrial corp heads' refs so everything looks accurate" IT DOES NOT LOOK ACCURATE. DON'T TRUST THESE. THESE WERE DONE SEVERAL MONTHS FROM EACH OTHER SO I'LL JUST GIVE THEIR ACTUAL HEIGHTS IN TEXT.

aishire: 5'2", veraswamy: 5'10", ezra: 5'8", dante: 5'3", vergil: 5'9", beatrice: 5'11", lancelot: 6'2", estouls: 5'5", ilya: 5'9", junius: 5'4", beowulf: 5'9", ulysses: 5'7"

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From X-Men: Blood Hunt - Magik #001

Art by Jesús Hervás and Yen Nitro

Written by Ashley Allen

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Natalya Medvedeva and Andrey Abrikosov in Илья Муромец | Ilya Muromets (1956)

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Photographs: 1 and 2: Nicholas II inspecting the four-engine biplane 'Russky Vityaz' (In 1912, the Imperial Russian Air Service, formerly part of the Engineer Corps, became a separate branch of the army. In 1913, Igor Sikorsky built the first 'Russky Vityaz'; ) Grand Duke Alexander (Sandro) Mikhailovich played a role in the moving and shaking needed for this to happen.

Photos 3 and 4: Also, in 1913, Igor Sikorsky built his famous bomber aircraft, the "Ilya Muromets," which appears in the two pictures above. In the photo directly above, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich is standing in front/center of the aircraft, wearing his cossack uniform. Sandro is the tall man next to last at the extreme left.

Photos 5 and 6: Sandro inspects the officers and hangars at the Officers Aviation School.

Photo 7. Sandro distributing diplomas at the Aviation School.

And in the picture directly above, Nicholas II wondering what Sandro will come up with next.

The Imperial Russian Airservice: The beginning of Military Aviation in Russia during WWI

“What next!?” Whenever I look at the picture directly above, I can "hear" Nicholas II thinking just that, with respect to his cousin and brother-in-law's interests, actions, and experiments.

Grand Duke Alexander (Sandro) Mikhailovich was a restless man of many talents and interests. Although he pursued a Naval career, his major contribution to his country and rank may be his role in the creation of the Russian Military Aviation School and the Imperial Russian Air Service.

Sandro had followed with interest the increasing sophistication of aircraft and their use for military purposes. And by 1910-1911, he was probably bored with Cannes, Biarritz, and growing seedless tangerines in the Crimea. The time was ripe for him to embark on a "project." Because of his proximity to the Tsar (he was his second cousin once removed as well as his brother-in-law, and one of the few Grand Dukes Alix got along with), he had access to the Tsar's ear (historians are still debating whether he used that access to the best advantage of his country or merely to his personal advantage.)

So Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich filled a need by helping create the Officer's Aviation School near Sevastopol in 1910 and later becoming the Imperial Russian Air Service chief during the First World War. Alexander held the Imperial Russian Air Service Field Inspector General position until the Bolsheviks relieved him from his duties.

At the beginning of World War I, the Imperial Russia Air Service had the largest air fleet in the world. It would be interesting to find out what happened.

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(my edit)

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Stepan Gilev’s illustration for Nikolai Nadezhdin’s 2013 book, Илья Муромец.

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Ilya Muromets Russian Hero One of the main characters of the Old Russian and Russian epic epic. Bogatyr, a peasant's son, a native of Northeastern Russia, who came to serve in Kiev to Prince Vladimir; led the defense of Ancient Russia.

Anon, do you know where Northeastern russia is located? lmao XD oh yeah, my favourite Kyivan Rus Bohatyr from Siberia *sarcasm*

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Ilya Muromets was born approximately between 1150 and 1165. And he died at the age of about 40-55 years, as it is assumed, during the capture of Kyiv by Prince Rurik Rostyslavych in 1204, when the Pechersk Lavra was defeated by Rurik's allied Polovtsy

In epics and legends, three heroes - Ilya Muromets, Alyosha Popovych and Dobrynya Mykytych - often perform feats together. But they never actually met. They were separated by centuries - Dobrynya Mykytych lived in the 10th century, Alyosha Popovych - in the 13th century, and Illya - in the 12th century.

Illya Murovets was first mentioned in the second half of the 16th century by Filon Kmita-Chornobyl, a bright representative of our Ruthenian nobility. This mention shows that Illya Murovets was a well-known person in the military tradition of Ruthenia-Ukraine. It should be noted that this is the first mention of the source, which records the name for us - Ilya Murovlyanin, that is, from Murovli or Moroviysk.

According to Ukrainian legends, in particular the story "About Illya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber", Illya comes from "the city of Muroml". Some Ukrainian researchers assume that it is about the city of Moroviysk (the modern village of Morivsk, Chernihiv region of Ukraine). One of the main arguments is the speed with which he reached Kyiv - this could only be done from Moroviysk in the Trans-Desnian region.

According to russian legends, Ilya comes from the "village of Karacharovo near Murom". Some russian researchers assume that it refers to the village of Karacharovo near Murom in the modern Vladimir region of russia.

The second mention of Ilya Muromets is contained in the diary of the Austrian diplomat Erich Lyasota (1594), who was passing through Kyiv. The author calls the hero Morovlyn (Morovlyanin) and notes that he was buried in the local St. Sophia Cathedral:

"In the second chapel outside the church was the tomb of Ilya Morowlin (Eliae Morowlin), a kind of noble hero, that is, Bohater, as they call it. There are many legends about him. This tomb is currently destroyed, but the tomb of his companion is still intact, also in this very chapel"

He becomes a Muromets much later, when folklore expeditions begin to operate. Then several people were reduced to one figure.

Because in reality, there was a hero of the Moscow epic Ilko Muromets (real name Ilya Korovin, pretended to be the nephew of Tsar Dmytro - ed.). He was a robber, an active figure in the period of the Smuta period, i.e. the beginning of the 17th century.

Already in the times of the USSR, he was completely artificially attached to the city of Muroma. Although here we must divide: they had their own Ilko Muromets, and there was our Ilya Murovlyanin, who came from Moroviysk, which was halfway from Kyiv to Chernihiv.

According to the epic cycle, we see that Ilya Murovlyanin is the hero of Kyiv region and Chernihiv region. These territories are native to him. He got to Kyiv in one day. And one day, having confused the road, he left not for Kyiv, but for Chernihiv. This geographical proximity of the cities orients us to the place where the hero Ilya comes from.

The injuries and diseases that the researchers saw on the incorruptible body of Ilya really testify that, as the chronicles indicate, he suffered from disorders of the mobile apparatus, in today's language, this is osteochondrosis in a severe form, and he died, which is also stipulated in the legend of his death.

In the Kyivo-Pechers'ka Lavra, there is exactly that legendary hero, but not in the "mythical" sense, but one of the military cults really came from him.

Illya Murovets never positioned himself as a giant. This legend about the giant is connected with his hiding place. After all, the pilgrims in the caves saw his body buried in the wall between the two galleries. And they saw the head in one gallery, and the feet in another. This led to such an optical illusion that the body is large.

When Vasnetsov painted the "Bohatyrs," he depicted them in the image of the Moscow guard boyars, who went on road trips to the southwestern borders of the Moscow kingdom, with somewhat invented armor.

This is what Muscovites of the beginning of the 17th century looked like. And after Vasnetsov, they began to copy this image. Whoever successfully reconstructed the image first is followed.

If you look at the cast monument of Illya Muromets in the Muromets Park in Kyiv, it is simply an image from Vasnetsov's painting transferred by a sculptor who did not deviate from the template imposed on us by the Russian Empire.

Today we have to understand: if the hero Illya Murovets-Murovlyanin existed, then he was obviously a man with a long mustache, probably he was bald or with a strand of hair, which is called a "chub" or "herring".

He did not have the same weapons as in Vasnetsov's picture. That is, he was a person typical of his 12th century.

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Two muscular heroes hanging out on the beach...

From a Russian movie called  “Three Heroes on Distant Shores”

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Fanfiction

Malý sequel k Bielej veži.

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excerpt from “The Adventure of the Burning White Stone” in The Russian Story Book, retold by Richard Wilson, published in 1916

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Viktor Vasnetsov - Knight at the Crossroads, 1882

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The Weekly Gravy #156

Ilya Muromets/Илья Муромец (1956) – *** Available on: Kanopy (also YouTube) When Ilya Muromets was first released in America, it was retitled The Sword and the Dragon (slightly misleading, as the dragon is a relatively minor part of the film) and redubbed; I’m curious to see that version (without the MST3K gang’s comments, thank you) because watching it in Russian with subtitles, I found the…

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Teicher Mammut - "Universal Carrier: People, Cargo, Bombs"

Role: Strategic Bomber/Transport Served With: United Western Federation First Flight: 1577 Strengths: Extreme Range Bomber Weaknesses: Soft Underbelly Inspiration: Sikorsky Ilya Muromets (1917)

Description:

The Teicher Mammut is famous as the first four-engine aircraft, but post-war it is often considered underwhelming due to the low power of its engines. The majority were restored to passengers and cargo carriers after the UWF fell, and those still in combat use are drastically modified.

If you are a cargo driver, however, the Mammut has much to recommend it. The glass cockpit is comfortable to fly from for long journeys, the machine is easily reconfigured for goods or passengers, and the low powered engines are fairly easy to maintain. It’s a very practical machine, if not a very powerful one.

Most Mammuts have one or two defensive turrets on the roof: The gunners climb up from the cabin to operate a pivoting gun on a stand to hopefully deter any opportunistic attackers. Wholly exposed, this position is popularly known as The Stake (Der Pfahl), a reference to the poles firing squad victims would be tied to for wartime executions.

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My designs for Childe’s older siblings (that I’ve finally managed to revisit after *checks notes* two years)

They all used to be super close (they’re the closest in age to each other after all), but then, well, abyss shenanigans happened, Ajax came back violent, he got sent to the Fatui, everyone was traumatised, etc.

Names can be found in the alt text, character intro notes below the cut

Tesey (Тесей Сергійович Нещадименко):

The eldest child, currently working as a textiles merchant, so he’s often overseas as a result (or at least, it’s the excuse he uses to be away from Morepesok). His feelings on Ajax are greatly conflicting and whilst he does feel a level of resentment to him he does ultimately still love him and misses what they used to have. His avoidance of Morepesok and his brother is out of guilt for his perceived failure as the eldest when Ajax disappeared, reappeared and the havoc and grief that ensued was something that was out of his control. He knows what he wants (to go back home, to reconcile with his brother, to better himself) and is trying to work on himself, but he has a tendency to resort to more self destructive means to cope (isolating himself, smoking, can come off as cold and rude when he’s off the clock).

He was in Liyue during the archon quest (tfw your baby brother tried to drown a nation) and ended up going to Sumeru for some time. But after receiving word back home of Ajax’s injuries following the Fontaine fiasco, he immediately started packing his bags and booked a ticket back to Morepesok…

Kirena (Кірена Сергіївна Нещадименко):

Second eldest child, currently doing her medical residency in Morepesok under the local doctor. A pretty no-nonsense individual who’s desperately trying to keep things together under her stoic image. She’s probably the most well adjusted out of the three since she’s come to terms with her feelings but she’s ultimately extremely upset with how everything turned out and felt the need to step up back home ever since Tesey left.

She’s the only sibling who’s still actively in communication with all the others so she knows that her brothers want to be better and she loves them dearly, but dammit if it isn’t driving her up the wall over how they keep dancing around their issues instead. And now that Ajax and everyone else is finally back home, it only really exacerbates that irritation as she tries so hard to keep everyone together and get them to finally talk for once, if not for her sake them for the rest of the family.

Illya (Ілля Сергійович Нещадименко):

Third eldest child, a hunter who’s also still in Morepesok. He’s quite jovial, extroverted and friendly to those he meets and is more than happy to bust out his domra (doesn’t mean you can just escape his gaze though), but it’s fairly obvious how his mood changes when Ajax is involved.

He doesn’t like to admit it because it makes him feel incredibly guilty, but he’s scared of Ajax ever since that final near-fatal brawl which landed him in the Fatui (Illya had tried to intervene as things got out of control, to protect Ajax and to protect people from him, only to be injured himself and knocked out cold with scars remaining to this day). Now that Ajax is back home, injured, he fees he can’t avoid him anymore and has to confront his issues (if only it were easier said than done).

As for his profession… he’s always had a desire to protect the people he cares about, so he intentionally goes after dangerous animals with his group. Maybe it’s a subconscious response to what happened that day, but he can be patient, and if he finds someone who’s a potential threat to Morepesok, he’s more than happy to play the waiting game.