Russian peasants are worn-out folks with emaciated faces, uncombed hair dressed in zipuns full of holes and lapti; Ukrainians are tall, healthy, strong, and dressed in clean, new clothes, – Ivan Bunin in 1898

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In his 1898 short story “The Cossack Way,” Ivan Bunin writes: “I liked the khokhly very much at first sight. I immediately noticed the sharp difference that exists between a Great Russian muzhik and a khokhol. Our peasants are mostly worn-out folk, wearing zipuns full of holes, lapti and onuchi, with emaciated faces and uncombed hair. While the khokhly produce a pleasant impression: tall, healthy and strong, they look at you calmly and gently, are dressed in clean, new clothes.” Ivan Bunin (1870-1953) became the first Russian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1933.

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