Toloka

There is a ballad written by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko called That Catherines hut is on the hill It is about a rescue of Catherines lover whom she saves by posing him as her brother This story as a parable flies throughout Ukraines history and reconstructs its dramatic and heroic episodes Every challenge including the Chernobyl accident leaves Catherine without her home But she is stubborn as many generations of Ukrainians in rebuilding her house out of pieces The story is not only about Catherines redemption but also about Ukraines survival throughout the centuries that is reflected in a folk tradition called Toloka