Leonid Hlibov

Hlibov was born in Veselyi Podil, Khorol county, Poltava gubernia.

He was active in the Chernihiv Hromada, published educational books, and contributed to the Saint Petersburg Ukrainian journal Osnova.

Hlibov was then fired from his teaching job and was forced to live under police surveillance.

His poem 'Zhurba' (Sorrow), was used by Mykola Lysenko and has become a popular Ukrainian folk song.

[5] These are written in the vernacular and satirize contemporary life and conditions using Ukrainian motifs and folklore.