Haidamaky (poem)

An illustration to the poem by Opanas Slastion, 1886

Haidamaki (Ukrainian: Гайдамаки), also transliterated Hajdamaky, Haydamaki, or as Haydamaks is an epic poem by Taras Shevchenko about the Koliivshchyna uprising led by Maksym Zalizniak and Ivan Gonta.

Гайдамаки, 1841 publication, "Hajdamaky"

The poem was written in about 1839–1841 and first published in full as a separate book in Saint Petersburg in 1841.[1] It is dedicated to his friend, artist, Vasyl Ivanovych Hryhorovych.[2] It is included in later editions of the classic collection of poetry, Kobzar.[3]

  1. ^ Taras Shevchenko. "Zibrannia tvoriv u shesty tomah", Naukova Dumka, Kiev, 2003. T. 1 Poeziya 1837-1847, (editor's notes)
  2. ^ Текст першодруку окремою книжкою (Гайдамаки / Поема Т. Шевченка. — Санктпетербург, 1841)
  3. ^ "Taras Shevchenko. Chyhyryn Kobzar and Haydamaks. /facsimile edition/". UMKA. Retrieved 2024-01-29.