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This book was compiled over 180 years ago, on the eve of the appearance of Shevchenko's Kobzar, by Lviv romantics M. Shashkevych, I. Vahylevych, and J. Holovatsky, later called the "Russian Trinity". The first two were 25 years old, and the third was 22. This book, The Mermaid of the Dniester, was destined to launch a new, folk literature in the western Ukrainian lands, and at the same time, the Ukrainian cultural and political revival of the region. The book is inspired by a great love for folk songs, Ukrainian antiquity, and everything native; the spirit of Ukrainian unity is strong in it. Today, Rusalka Dnistrova is not only an important document of the social life of the Ukrainian nation, but also a factor that continues to work for the development of the consciousness of Ukrainians.

The proposed edition of Rusalka... is intended for everyone who cares about Ukrainian spirituality.