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Updated: October 18, 2026
The incident is the subject of a bilina, a form of historical poem, in which Yermak says: "I am the robber Hetman of the Don. And now oh orthodox Tsar, I bring you my traitorous head, And with it I bring the Empire of Siberia!
The study of Russian history, so well commenced by Karamzin, has been further developed by Oustrialov and Soloviev. Peculiar to them is the douma, a kind of narrative poem, in which the metre is generally very irregular; but a sort of rhythm is preserved by the recurrence of accentuated syllables. The douma of the Little Russians corresponds to the bîlina of the Great Russians.