It is believed that he was born about 1143 in the village of Karacharovo near Murom in the Vladimir region in the family of the peasant Ivan, Timofeev's son and his wife Euphrosyne, daughter of Jacob. Popular legend identified him with the famous hero Ilya Muromets, about whom numerous epics were formed. By the way, he is the main character - the mighty knight of the princely family Ilya the Russian - and the Germanic epic poems of the 13th century, based on earlier legends
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