Oleksa Dovbush (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Oleksa Dovbush (Ukrainian: ) (born 1700, Pechenizhyn Kolomyia- died 24 August 1745) was a famous Ukrainian outlaw, leader of opryshky, who became a folk hero, often compared to Robin Hood. Oleksa was born in the Hutsul village of Pechenizhyn in the Carpathian Mountains in the early 18th century. He became the leader of his own band that consisted of almost 50 members (leheni). The polular tradition portrays him as a protector to the poor people of the region. There are few or almost no written references left of him and his activities. The many folk-songs and the few prose legends that still survive in Prykarpattia portray him as a local hero who robbed the rich and helped the poor serfs, like the mythical Robin Hood.