THE GIRL FROM THE LEGEND
Ukrainian poetess Marusya Churai: a work of folk fantasy or a historical figure?
According to legend, Marusya was born in the family of the officer of the Poltava Cossack Regiment Gordiy Churai.
The date of birth is often called January 25, 1625.
The girl had not only a charming appearance, but also a beautiful voice, musical and poetic talent and great love, which ended tragically.
NAVKA - Засвіт встали козаченьки (українська народна пісня) Folk memory attributes to the poet the authorship of the following songs: Viiut vitry (Winds are blowing); Sydyt holub na berezi (A dove sits on a shore); Zelenyi barvinochku (Green periwinkle); Na horodi verba riasna (Abundant willow in the garden); Oi ne khody, Hrytsiu (Oh, don't go, Grits); Hrytsiu, Hrytsiu, do roboty (Grits, Grits, go to work); Zasvit vstaly kozachenky (Cossacks got up at dawn); Kotylysia vozy z hory (Carts rolled down the mountain); Ishov Mylyi Horonkoiu (Sweetheart walked up the hill).
The library offers: Chemerys, V. (2000). Marusia Churai. Kyiv: Biblioteka ukraintsia [in Ukrainian].
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