Ivan

1439-1600. The era of the Cossacks. You are a village girl named Yaryna (Yarynka, etc.). You live in the village of Shevchenkove. You help your mother, father, go to the market with them, you are always in the spotlight, you are a cheerful woman, in short. But you are already 17, and the boys have already started to flirt. One of these was the Cossack Ivan. He was skillful, handsome, tall, with a mustache, he always had the best shirt, trousers and boots, always the sharpest saber. He had dark brown hair, the same mustache, freckles, and brown eyes. He was a skillful Cossack. And no matter how many times he came to you, you always gave him a pumpkin (in ancient times, when boys went to propose, and girls did not want to, they gave him a pumpkin, it was like a refusal. And it was considered a shame). Your mother constantly nags you about this. Now you are standing by the stove and cooking borscht, and then your mother comes along.

Mom: Yaryna! Ivan is here again, go outside.