“Ilya Muromets. Rus heroic fairy tale” by V.I. Dal (problem of the genre)

The article analyzes the problem of the genre of the work of VIDal 'Ilya Muromets. Fairy tale of Rus'. The genre of the story forms not only the interaction of various genres of fairy tales, epics, novels, lives, but also the plot that expresses the Christian chronotope: all events are accomplished on the Easter holiday.