A classic of Ukrainian literature, Taras Shevchenko’s poem Kateryna is a story of desperate love and the tragedy of a fallen woman — a poetic reflection on the patriarchal order and Ukrainian-Russian relations.

The poem is illustrated by Mykola Tolmachev, a Ukrainian artist born in 1993 in Brovary. He studied in France at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. His portfolio includes participation in Art Paris and solo exhibitions in Brussels, Paris, and Kyiv.