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Title: Marusia Churei
Scale: 1:10
Resin
Sculptor: Anton Derbilov
Marusia Churai (МАРУСЯ ЧУРАЙ) lived from 1625 to 1653 in Poltava (Ukraine) at the time of Bogdan Khmelnytsky. She was the daughter of a Cossack Sotnik (Captain) and a well known folk singer.
It is attributed to the authorship of many folk songs that are still sung there today.
There is no authentic portrait of her, but many romantically transfigured pictures, like these ones...:
She is often shown with a floral wreath in her hair and usually in Ukrainian costume, as well as the bust.
The Ukraine honors her with a stamp ...:
... and a monument at Poltava ...:
So much for romance, but life is not always romantic!
Marusia Churei - that is now authentic - was immortal in love with a young Cossack named Grisha Bobrenko and secretly engaged.
When the Khmelnytsky Uprising began (1648), Grisha had to go to war ...:
When Grisha returned from the war in 1652, he did not want to know anything about Marusia and announced instead that he would marry a girl named Galja from a wealthy family in Poltava ...:
Marusia then wanted to commit suicide with a poisoned drink, but Grischa accidentally drank it - and died.
Then the authorities put the singer in court and sentenced her as a murderer to death. She died in 1652 by the sword ...:
According to other sources, she was pardoned and also died in 1652 from tuberculosis.
The story told in the novel "Marusja Churei" by Lina Kostenko, according to which Marusja had been pardoned, taken to a monastery and turned old, is certainly popular - but fictitious!
A Cossack girl in the "right" scale 1:10! It could be that Marusia and I become friends ...
Cheers
Title: Marusia Churei
Scale: 1:10
Resin
Sculptor: Anton Derbilov
Marusia Churai (МАРУСЯ ЧУРАЙ) lived from 1625 to 1653 in Poltava (Ukraine) at the time of Bogdan Khmelnytsky. She was the daughter of a Cossack Sotnik (Captain) and a well known folk singer.
It is attributed to the authorship of many folk songs that are still sung there today.
There is no authentic portrait of her, but many romantically transfigured pictures, like these ones...:
She is often shown with a floral wreath in her hair and usually in Ukrainian costume, as well as the bust.
The Ukraine honors her with a stamp ...:
... and a monument at Poltava ...:
So much for romance, but life is not always romantic!
Marusia Churei - that is now authentic - was immortal in love with a young Cossack named Grisha Bobrenko and secretly engaged.
When the Khmelnytsky Uprising began (1648), Grisha had to go to war ...:
When Grisha returned from the war in 1652, he did not want to know anything about Marusia and announced instead that he would marry a girl named Galja from a wealthy family in Poltava ...:
Marusia then wanted to commit suicide with a poisoned drink, but Grischa accidentally drank it - and died.
Then the authorities put the singer in court and sentenced her as a murderer to death. She died in 1652 by the sword ...:
According to other sources, she was pardoned and also died in 1652 from tuberculosis.
The story told in the novel "Marusja Churei" by Lina Kostenko, according to which Marusja had been pardoned, taken to a monastery and turned old, is certainly popular - but fictitious!
A Cossack girl in the "right" scale 1:10! It could be that Marusia and I become friends ...
Cheers
