This edition is the first ever complete English translation of Kobzar, a collection of poems by the great 19th century Ukrainian poet, Taras ShevchenkoAs a foundational text, The Kobzar has played an important role in galvanizing the Ukrainian identity and in the development of Ukraine's written language and Ukrainian literature. The first editions had been censored by the Russian czar, but the book still made an enduring impact on Ukrainian culture. There is no reliable count of how many edi...