BOJAN

Bojan, or Bajan, - the legendary Old Russian singer-narrator. First mentioned in «Word about Igor` s Shelf ».

Etymology 
Bojan, probably native Slavic name of боятися: «thought fear»; to another version, the name of Turkish-Bulgarian origin, cf. Chuvash. puyan «rich», obschetyurk. bayan «rich», from the verb baj - «become rich».
 Bojan in «Word» 
According to the most common point of view, Bojan - a historical person, the court singer of several Russian princes XI century. Judging from the list of princes, whom he praised, he was geographically linked to the Chernihiv and dependent on him Tmutarakanskim principality. The nature of creativity, it is likely reminiscent of the Scandinavian skald, composing in honor of the princes ritmizovannye songs, or songs of praise-Hula (author «words» quotes hulitelnuyu pripevku Bojana on Vseslave Polotsk: Neither hytru nor far, neither the birds is not a court Божіа minutes). Bojan was the author and performer of his songs, accompanying himself on the strings like gusel. 

The author «Words» Bojan - his great predecessor, pythoness capable (as Vseslav) to oborotnichestvu (spreads, he thought - perhaps, «mysiyu», protein - to tree, wolf and eagle on the ground under the clouds), his fingers are compared with the 10 falcon, and the strings - to 10 swans, the Boyana author several times compares with nightingales. The author calls the Holiday grandson Vélez, which some researchers draw conclusions about the poetic function of this deity. However, the author of «dissociates» from it: at the beginning of «words», he declared: We started the same are тъй пѣсни on bylinam this time, rather than замышленію Bojan, perhaps as opposed to Bojan can be interpreted two alternatives songs Guard Igor. At the end of the work Bojan mentioned, perhaps next to Hodynoy (there are alternative interpretations of the place), some see Hodyne another singer - a contemporary Holiday, with whom he sang the songs, according to the custom skald together. Here the author again cites Holiday: «ty head кромѣ sore shoulder, the evil ty тѣлу кромѣ head» (symbolic image «orphanhood» land without Prince). 
According to ancient Russian birch bark letters graffiti, and XI-XII centuries, a number of people known by the name of Bojan, that proves the reality of that name. Attempts to identify the singer of the «words» to any of these Boyanov, but such a hypothesis, of course, unreliable.
Further modifications 
During the creation of the model «Words» Zadonschiny (XV century) name Bojana has said nothing ancient scribes, so when it was subjected to multiple correspondence distortions: in the different lists Zadonschiny on the ground that the name is Goboyan, Boyun, obstreperous, boyar. Singer loses specific time dedicated to become epic image in «Zadonschine» is called differently Bojan praised not only the princes of the XI century, and Rurik, Igor, and the Old. 
Veliky Novgorod in the historic center, there is street Bojana (now called the same). In Trubchevske erect a monument Boyan. 
In the Russian literature of XIX century, the name «Bojan» appellative was named Old Russian singer guslar, often incorrectly written as «Bayan» (from the word bayat). In this case it was the end of the XIX century. brand companies, who took accordion, and finally the name of a musical instrument appellative bayan. 
In recent years, the word «bayan» sometimes called stale already mentioned jokingly. The origin of the values normally associated with an anecdote «buried mother-in-law, broke two accordion», which was repeated many times that it became a cause irritation. In the so-called «language of bastards» word was subjected to repeated distortion and returned to the historically original form «dupe», but as a secondary errativa.
BOJAN