To the Question of the Existence of Dobrynia Ryazanich
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5164-2025-5-25-32
Abstract
Aim. The study is to establish whether there was a historical prototype of the folklore hero Dobrynya Zlata Poyas, as well as a historical reconstruction of his possible biography.
Methodology. Special methods of cognition (historical-analytical and problem-chronological) were used in the study. The materials that form the basis of the study were studied and analyzed taking into account the chronology of events and the need to obtain historical information from the scientific sources being processed.
Results. Based on the analysis of evidence from late chronicles, toponymic data and folklore sources, an analysis of several episodes in the biography of Dobrynya Ryazanich was carried out. It was concluded that the folklore image of Dobrynya Ryazanich Zlata Poyas could well have been a Ryazan service boyar from the Dobrynich family, who served Prince Konstantin Vsevolodovich for a long time and died in the battle with the Mongols on the Kalka River.
Research implications. The results of the study can be used in the reconstruction of ancient Russian history of the late 12th – early 13th centuries.
About the Authors
M. N. Kozlov
Sevastopol State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Mikhail N. Kozlov – Dr. Sci. (History), Prof., Department of General History and World Culture, Institute of Social Sciences and International Relations
Sevastopol
E. E. Boytsova
Sevastopol State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena E. Boytsova – Сand. Sci. (History), Assoc. Prof., Departmentally Head, Department of «General History and World Culture», Institute of Social Sciences and International Relations
Sevastopol
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