Viktor Vasnetsov. Duel Peresvet With Chelubey.1914. Samara Regional Art Museum, Samara.Alexander Per
Viktor Vasnetsov. Duel Peresvet With Chelubey.1914. Samara Regional Art Museum, Samara.Alexander Peresvet, also spelled Peresviet, was a Russian Orthodox Christian monk who fought in a single combat with the Tatar champion Temir-murza (known in most Russian sources as Chelubey or Cheli-bey) at the opening of the Battle of Kulikovo (8 September 1380). The champions killed each other in the first run, though according to a Russian legend, Peresvet did not fall from the saddle, while Temir-murza did. Peresvet’s body, together with that of his brother-in-arms Oslyabya, were brought to Moscow, where they lie buried at the 15th-century Theotokos Church in Simonovo. -- source link
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