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Kulish was deeply outraged by the policy of tsarist Russia directed against everything Ukrainian. He could not remain indifferent to the laws and decrees of Moscow, which were aimed at destroying the Ukrainian spirit and culture. But he was even more outraged by the inaction and submissiveness of Ukrainians.

An original response to the notorious Emsk Decree of 1876, which actually passed a death sentence on Ukrainian literature and culture, was Kulish's collection of poems "Farm Poetry". In it, a special place is occupied by the poem "Native Word", which is the poet's appeal to the Ukrainian people.