The Chernihiv kobzari were grouped around the city of Mena

Mena, Ukraine

Mena is a city in Chernihiv Oblast of Ukraine. Population is 12,940 ....

, in the Chernihiv Oblast

Chernihiv Oblast

Chernihiv Oblast is an oblast of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Chernihiv.-Geography:The total area of the province is around 31,900 km²....

 of northeastern Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. Outstanding members of this group were Pavlo Bratytsia, Andriy Beshko, Prokop Dub, Luka Dumenko, A. Haydenko, Petro Heras'ko, Pavlo Kulyk, Tereshko Parkhomenko

Tereshko Parkhomenko

Terentiy Makarovych Parkhomenko was one of the most respected kobzars of the late 19th and early 20th century.-Biography:...

, Ivan Romanenko, Andriy Shut, Petro Siroshtan, Demian Symonenko, Petro Tkachenko

Petro Tkachenko

Petro Fedorovych Tkachenko was a prominent blind kobzar.- Biography :Petro Fedorovych Tkachenko-Halashko was one of the more outstanding kobzars of the Chernihiv region. He was born on December 21, 1878 in the village of Syniavtsi, Sosnytsia county near Chernihiv. At the age of 9 he became blind...

, Semen Vlasko and Semen Zezulia.

The style of playing the bandura

Bandura

Bandura refers to a Ukrainian plucked string folk instrument. It combines elements of a box zither and lute, as well as its lute-like predecessor, the kobza...

 used by Chernihiv kobzari became the foundation of the Kiev

Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

 academic bandura tradition (Kiev academic style

Kiev academic style

The Kiev Academic Style of Bandura Playing is a way of playing the Ukrainian folk instrument of bandura.The instrument is held between the knees perpendicular to the body of the player. This means that the left hand is only able to play easily along the bass strings of the instrument...

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