Cossack Mamay is a Ukrainian folkloric hero. For some 300
years he is painted and repainted by various artists. Literally volumes are
written on what does this painting meant, yet still nobody sure.
This popular painting is also widely parodied and re-imagined in Ukraine. Yes, first one is Boris Johnson.
But after the war with Russia begun in 2014, Cossack Mamay become the source of the inspiration for Ukrainian soldiers, who made photos like famous Cossack Mamay paintings.
So after all those years Cossack Mamay is still the inspiration for the defenders of Ukraine. Quite a life for the hero, probably invented by some village painter 300 years ago.
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