Ukrainian minstrel and historical social institution
For the collection of poems by Taras Shevchenko, see Kobzar (book).
Slobozhan kobzar P. Drevchenko and Poltava kobzar M. Kravchenko in Kharkiv 1902
A kobzar (Ukrainian: кобзар, pl.kobzariUkrainian: кобзарі) was an itinerant Ukrainian bard who sang to his own accompaniment, played on a multistringed kobza or bandura.