Ostap Veresai

Ostap Mykytovych Veresai
Остап Никитич Вересай
Ostap Veresai in 1890
Born1803
selo Kalyuzhintsy, Priluksky Uyezd, Poltava Governorate
Died1890
Occupation(s)Minstrel, kobzar
FatherNikita Grigoryevich 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. He is noted for influencing both scholarly and popular approaches to minstrelsy.

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