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Hryhorii Fedorovych Kvitka-Osnovianenko (1778-1843) was a great Ukrainian writer. His works were among the first to introduce Ukrainian literature to the Russian and European readership: starting in 1837, a number of his short stories and novels were published in Russian translations in St. Petersburg and Moscow, and in 1854, his book «Heartfelt Oksana» was published in French in Paris. Later, his works are translated into Polish, Bulgarian, and Czech.

Kvitka wrote almost all his plays in Russian. One of the most famous of his works is "Matchmaking on Goncharivka".

The play is centred on the figure of the stupid but rich Stetsko, who wants to marry a beautiful and intelligent girl who is in love with a serf. It could have been a drama, but Kvitka draws artistic images and idealises them so well that in the end all the characters come to a happy ending.