Ustym Yakymovych Karmaliuk was a Ukrainian outlaw who fought against the Russian administration and became a folk hero to the commoners of Ukraine. He is often referred to as the "Ukrainian Robin Hood
Portrait by Vasily Tropinin (1820)
The Kamianets-Podisky fortress tower No.11 where Karmaliuk was detained
Memorial plaque about the tower
Vasily Andreevich Tropinin was a Russian Romantic painter, active in Moscow during Tsars Alexander I and Nicholas I's reigns. Much of his life was spent as a serf, not attaining freedom until he was m
Ustym Karmaliuk
…hold him for very long. Affectionately, he is known as the last Haidamak of Ukraine. Karmalyuk was the subject of three portraits by Russian painter Vasily Tropinin. There are a few different versions of Karmalyuk's acquaintance with the artist. According to one version Tropinin was introduced to Karmaliuk by his…
Self-Portrait in the Front of the Kremlin, 1844; Tropinin Museum, Moscow
Girl from Podolye, 1804–1807
Family portrait of counts Morkovs, 1813