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Arseniy Mironov, rector of the Moscow State University of Management and Technology named after K. G. Razumovsky, philologist and cultural anthropologist, specialist in axiology and reception of epics, told us at Russian Conversations about who the real hero of the Russian epic is. Watch the full video of this unique meeting! Have you heard that Ilya Muromets slept on the stove for 30 years? In fact, he could not move due to infirmity, and some texts even say that he prayed. The Russian epic hero is the most cheerful person who gets up early, washes, dresses and goes to the porch, looks through a telescope. Moreover, he wakes up everyone else. And the image of a sleepy peasant in our history was simply in demand politically at some point. Is it true that the plot of "Volga and Mikula" is about the conflict between the authorities and the people? If so, then why does Mikula save Volga from death? It's just that in reality this is a bylina about compassion, and the authorities and the people have synergy here. Are you really going to say that Sadko wasn't in love with the Sea King's daughter and didn't go to the Sea Kingdom for her? Let's say :) The Sea King tried to marry him to his daughter, and Sadko resisted very much. What other values are hidden in the heroic epic? How did such distortions happen to it? Find out from the Russian Conversation with Arseny Mironov. #russianconversation #heroes #russianuniversity #traditions #historyofrussia #culture #heroes