Mykola Markevych

Mykola Markevych was born in Dunaiets, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire (now located in modern-day Ukraine) on 7 February 1804.

Markevych collected many historical materials on Cossack history and Ukrainian folk songs at his estate and around the area of Central Ukraine.

He also wrote extensively on Zaporozhian Cossacks, most notably on Yakov Barabash and Martyn Pushkar.

His works influenced his friends Alexander Pushkin and Wilhelm Küchelbecker as well as Nikolai Gogol.

His personal archive and diary are kept at the Institute of Russian Literature in Saint Petersburg.