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Kozak Mamai
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Introduction

Kozak Mamai, the minstrel Zaporizhian legend, was a common character portrayed in folklore paintings of eastern and central Ukraine popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Shown to be a freedom lover, never painted in battle or charging on a horse. Rather, he is depicted in a peaceful, thoughtful pose playing a bandura.


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  1. Anon. 1834; Ukrainian State Museum of Ukrainian Fine Arts
  2. Anon. 19th cent.; Dnipropetrovsk Historical Museum
  3. Anon. mid-19th cent.; Ukrainian State Museum of Ukrainian Fine Arts
  4. A Zaporizhian Discussion, anon. mid-18th cent.; Dnipropetrovsk Historical Museum

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  1. With Two Women; Anon. mid-18th cent.; Ukrainian State Museum of Ukrainian Fine Arts
  2. Anon. 18th cent.; Dnipropetrovsk Historical Museum
  3. Anon. 19th cent.; Dnipropetrovsk Historical Museum
  4. Anon. mid-19th cent.; Chernihiv Art Museum


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