Bayda

Brief description

The piece illustrates a fragment of the famous folk thought about Dmitry Bayda Vyshnevetsky. The author created a monumental image of the Cossack leader, who was famous for his strong-willed character and determination: "Tsar Turetsky sends to him, / Baidu says to himself: /" Oh, you, Bido, and nice! / Be me a knight and a virtuous one, / Take me my Queen, / Thou shalt be lord for the whole of Ukraine! ”/“ Thy, O King, the damned faith, / Thy Queen is bad ”. / Oops the King shouted at his haidukas: / "Take Baida well into your hands, / Hook your ribs with your ribs!" 

Maria Cymbalista 
Head of Prints and Drawings department
From the collection of Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv.