Editing List of Russian people (section)

==Legendary and folk heroes==
[[File:Die drei Bogatyr.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Dobrynya Nikitich]], [[Ilya Muromets]] and [[Alyosha Popovich]]]]
*[[Alyosha Popovich]], young and cunning [[bogatyr]] of priest origin, defeated the dragon [[Tugarin Zmeyevich]] by trickery
*[[Baba Yaga]], [[witch]]-like character in [[Russian folklore]], flies around on a giant [[mortar and pestle|mortar]] and lives in the [[cabin on chicken legs]]
*[[Dobrynya Nikitich]], [[bogatyr]] of noble origin, defeated the dragon [[Zmey Gorynych]]
*[[Ilya Muromets]], [[bogatyr]] of peasant origin, saint, the greatest of all the legendary bogatyrs, defeated the forest-dwelling monster [[Nightingale the Robber]], defended Rus' from numerous attacks by the [[steppe]] people
*[[Ivan Tsarevich]], typical noble protagonist of [[Russian fairy tale]]s, often engaged in a struggle with [[Koschei]] and rescuing young girls
*[[Ivan the Fool]], typical simple-minded but lucky protagonist of [[Russian fairy tale]]s
*[[Koschei]] "the Deathless", chief male antagonist of [[Russian fairy tale]]s, an ugly senile sorcerer and kidnapper of young maids, possesses immortality
*[[Nikita the Furrier]], town craftsman who released the daughter of Prince [[Vladimir the Fair Sun]] from the dragon's captivity
*[[Sadko]], musician and merchant from [[Veliky Novgorod]], procured wealth and wife from the [[Sea Tsar]] by playing [[gusli]]
*[[Svyatogor]], giant "sacred mountain" bogatyr, passed his strength to [[Ilya Muromets]]
*[[Vasilisa the Beautiful]], young, attractive and often cunning heroine of [[Russian fairy tale]]s