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The Sikorsky Ilya Muromets (Russian: Илья Муромец) is a class of Russian pre-World War I large four-engine commercial airliners and heavy military bombers used during World War I by the Russian Empire. The aircraft series was named after Ilya Muromets a hero from Russian mythology. The series was based on the Russky Vityaz or Le Grand the world’s first four-engined aircraft designed by Igor Sikorsky.