09-24-2014, 04:54 PM
"The character of Taras Bulba is a composite of several historical personalities. It is mainly based on the legend of cossack captain Sava Chaly (executed in 1741 after serving as a colonel in the private army of a Polish noble), whose killing was ordered by his own father for betraying the Ukrainian cause."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Bulb..._character
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Bulb..._character