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Marusia Churai — Lina Kostenko

Marusia Churai is a historical verse novel by Lina Kostenko (1979) about the legendary seventeenth-century Poltava singer. It is considered one of the greatest works of Ukrainian literature.

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Marusia Churai is a verse novel by Lina Kostenko, first published in 1979. The work tells the story of the legendary seventeenth-century Poltava singer and poet Marusia Churai, who was accused of poisoning her beloved Hryts Bobrenko.

Kostenko recreates the era of Cossack wars and the Ruin, weaving a drama of love, betrayal, and a woman's fate into the historical context. The novel became a landmark of Ukrainian literature, establishing Lina Kostenko as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century.

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AuthorLina Kostenko

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