Ostap Veresai

Ostap Mykytovych Veresai (Ukrainian: Остап Микитович Вересай) (1803–April 1890) was a renowned minstrel and kobzar from the Poltava Governorate (now Chernihiv oblast) of the Russian Empire (now Ukraine). He helped to popularize kobzar art both within Ukraine and beyond.^[1] He is noted for influencing both scholarly and popular approaches to minstrelsy.^[2]

^ "Veresai, Ostap". Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Vol. 5. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (University of Alberta/University of Toronto). 1993. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
^ Kononenko, Natalie O. (1998). Ukrainian Minstrels: Why the Blind Should Sing: And the Blind Shall Sing. Oxon: Routledge. p. 37. ISBN 0-7656-0144-3.

[ukrenc-1] "Veresai, Ostap". Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Vol. 5. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (University of Alberta/University of Toronto). 1993. Retrieved 2020-01-24.

[2] Kononenko, Natalie O. (1998). Ukrainian Minstrels: Why the Blind Should Sing: And the Blind Shall Sing. Oxon: Routledge. p. 37. ISBN 0-7656-0144-3.

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