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A bylina (Ukrainian: билина, Russian: былина, IPA: [bɨˈlʲinə]; pl. былины, byliny) is a type of oral epic poem.[1][2]
The oldest byliny are set in the 10th to 12th centuries in Kievan Rus', while others deal with all periods of Ukrainian and Russian history.[1] Byliny narratives are loosely based on historical fact, but greatly embellished with fantasy or hyperbole.[3]
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