Taras Bulba; A Tale of the Cossacks: Translated from the Russian By Isabel F. Hapgood, With an Introd (Classic Reprint)

The famous old Kazak, Taras Bulba, is one of the great character-creations which speak for themselves, and require no extraneous comment or interpretation. I ndeed, his overflowing vitality embraces not only his sons, but all his comrades, with their typical Little Russian nomenclature ending in ko, and the readers interest inK azakdom in general and the Zaporozhtzi in particular, Is kindled to a very unusual degree. He immediately wishes to know: Where was and Is the Ukraina? Where was Zaporozhe? Where and what was its capital. The Syech? Where did the Kazaks get their name, and what does it mean? Complete answers to these questions can be found only in Russian authorities. Historians and specialists have interested themselves so deeply and so long in these and allied questions, that the data available are confusingly abundant.
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