Kobzar. The History of One Book (2014)

The film explores Taras Shevchenko's biography of Kobzar, to be precise, of three of his editions, which saw the light of life in 1841, 1844, and 1860. Related issues are also covered, such as the emergence of the alphabet, the textology of Shevchenko's works and his friendly correspondence, his first trip to Ukraine, his arrest, and his last journey of 1860, censorship and secret surveillance. They are all closely intertwined with Kobzar's biography. Also, the facts of the biography of this book will be able to tell about the origin of modern identification of Ukrainians - their transformation from "Little Russian nation" to people with state aspiration.