Murom

The tsar waited for the noise to die down, and then he continued speaking: “We are doubly blessed today. Two of my mightiest bogatyri have joined us here! The mighty Ilya of Murom, my dear friend and loyal knight!”

The campaign was tied into the “Day of Family, Love and Faithfulness,” a holiday created by Mrs. Medvedeva and the Russian Orthodox Church and centered around Pyotr and Fevronia, a couple who ruled the Murom region northeast of Moscow in the late 12th century and were later declared saints.

The president and his wife went to Murom to extol family values and encourage childbirth.

IN the famous city of Murom there once lived a countryman named Ivan Timofeyevich.

Then Iliya of Murom took leave of his parents, and journeyed on, far into the depths of a dark forest, until he came to a camp of robbers.