Evpaty Kolovrat

For the ship, see Evpatiy Kolovrat (icebreaker).

Evpaty Kolovrat (Russian: Евпатий Коловрат, romanized: Yevpaty Kolovrat, IPA: [jɪfˈpatʲɪj kəlɐˈvrat]; c. 1200 – 1238), a Russian bogatyr, appears in The Tale of the Destruction of Ryazan. According to the text, he tried to avenge the destruction of Ryazan a few weeks earlier in December 1237, and died while fighting the vastly more numerous army of the Mongol Golden Horde ruler Batu Khan.

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