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Cossack Holota belongs to the golden treasury of the Vesyolka publishing house. It was created by the Ukrainian writer Maria Prygara and the artist Heorhiy Yakutovich, and first appeared in print in 1966, becoming beloved by many generations of young readers. The story is set in the 17th–18th centuries, at […]
Heorhiy Vyacheslavovych Yakutovich (1930–2000) was a Ukrainian artist, graphic artist, and book illustrator. He was born on 14 February 1930 in Kyiv, where he lived and worked until his death on 5 September 2000. Yakutovich studied at the Kyiv State Art Institute (now the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture), graduating in 1954, […]