The tradition surrounding the bards has its roots in earlier Ukrainian practices but really took hold in the 16th century Cossack-Ukrainian state. The collection took its name from the itinerant bards of Ukraine, the kobzari.
In this time, he published his most famous poetry collection, Kobzar (1840). Julia Lasica celebrates Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine’s national poetįor us Ukrainians, Shevchenko was the first poet to put into words what it meant to be Ukrainian: the continuous struggle against Russian imperialism, the pursuit of freedom and democracy which are core to our identity, and the deep links with our land.īorn into a serfdom imposed by the Russian empire in Ukraine, Shevchenko had a short lived period of freedom after being bought out of slavery by fellow poets and artists who recognised his talent.
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