Kudeyar

Kudeyar (Russian: Кудеяр) is a legendary robber, a Russian folk hero.[1]

There were several Cossack robbers of this name. There is a letter of one Muscovite boyar to Ivan IV from Crimea, where he reports that "there is only one brigand left here - the accursed Kudeyar".

According to one legend, Kudeyar was the elder brother of Ivan the Terrible, based on a real event. His mother purportedly was Solomonida Saburova, whom Vasily III divorced on account of her barrenness and incarcerated in a convent. The legend says that several months after the controversial divorce she bore a son, who was smuggled somewhere.[2] While it is the most common legend, there is no evidence that Ivan the Terrible had a brother.[1]

In fiction

Kudeyar's story is told in Mykola Kostomarov's 1875 historical novel of the same name.[3]

There are other literary works involving Kudeyar.

References

  1. ^ a b Кем на самом деле был легендарный разбойник Кудеяр
  2. ^ Балязин В. Н., Неофициальная история России, 2007, ISBN 978-5-373-01229
  3. ^ File:Костомаров М. Кудеяр (1921).pdf
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