Cossack Mamai (2012) Rzeźba autorstwa Oleg Kalashnik

Bronze sculptural composition, which is part of the cycle of works "Bronze Stories".Cossack Mamai is one of the most popular images of the Cossack knight in Ukraine of the 17-18 centuries. The canonical image is a Cossack playing the bandura sitting with crossed legs. Among the additional elements, the most common are a bottle of vodka (Gorilka) and an appetizer, an oak, and a Cossack horse grazing nearby. The bandura on which the Cossack plays is a symbol of the singing soul of the Ukrainian people. The horse in the picture symbolized loyalty, the oak symbolized fortitude. Often in folk painting, the Cossack was depicted with a spear and a flag, a flask, and a glass. These were things related to the death of a Cossack - a spear was placed at the burial site, a flask and glass were placed in the grave - they reminded of the fleetingness of life and the Cossack fate, in which the threat of death in battle was an everyday reality.

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