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Natalka Poltavka is a play written by Ivan Petrovich Kotlyarevsky under the influence of Ukrainian nativity scenes, school drama, and interludes.

The main source for writing the work is the life of Ukrainian society, lyrical, ritual, Kupala songs, ballads («Oh, my mother gave me away to an unloved man to marry, the girl took flax, the waters spilled over four fords, the black cloud is coming, Limerivna).

The main conflict of the play is caused by class and property inequality in society.