Zmey Gorynych, Part 2
September 15, 2018
Previously… A bogatyr (heroic knight) named Dobrynya Nikitich had fought the dragon, Zmey Gorynych, and forced her to plead for mercy. The two of them agreed never to fight again. All was well, or so Dobrynya thought.
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When he returned to the court of his patron, Vladimir the Great, Dobrynya was greeted by terrible news: none other than Zmey Gorynych had descended from the sky and snatched away Vladimir's niece, Zabava Putyatishna! The king was furious when he learned that Dobrynya had encountered this dragon and allowed her to live. He ordered the bogatyr to rescue his niece or die trying.
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