Kateryna (poem)

"Kateryna" (Ukrainian: «Катерина») is a poem by Taras Shevchenko, first published in his poetry collection Kobzar in 1840. It describes the tragic fate of a common Ukrainian girl who was seduced and later abandoned by a Russian soldier. The poem is frequently understood as an allegory of Ukraine's subjugation by Russian imperial power during its author's lifetime.

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