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The grave of the kobzar Ostap Veresai
Full name of the monument :
The grave of the kobzar Ostap Veresai
Region :
Chernihiv region
Address of the monument :
Sokyryntsi village, Sribnyansky district
Status :
National significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1890 р.
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Imperial period from XVIIІ centuries to 1918
Artist(s) :
I. Kolomiets
sculptor
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Nationality :
Ukrainian
Social status :
intellectuals
Material :
metal
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Narrative commemorates :
Ukrainian statehood from the IX to the XVIII centuries
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
no data available
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Sribne village council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Ostap Mykytovych Veresay is a Ukrainian musician, kobzar, performer of folk songs, historical, everyday, humorous and satirical songs. At the age of four, Ostap lost his sight. He was fond of music and singing from an early age. As a boy, he learned the art of singing and playing the bandura from the kobzar Yukhym Andriyashivskyi, whom he met at a fair in Romny and was his guide. After the death of Andriyashivskyi, Ostap studied for some time with the kobzar Semen Koshovoy from the village of Golinka, after him with the lyre maker Nychipor Kolyada, then returned to Kalyuzhyntsi and continued his studies on his own. He moved from Kalyuzhyntsi to the village of Sokyryntsi, Prylutsky District. For more than forty years he traveled through the cities and villages of Ukraine.
