Haidamaky (poem)

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

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

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