3. Oleksa was born in the Hutsul village
of Pechenizhin in the Carpathian
Mountains in the early 18 th century.
Many folk songs and a few prose legends
that still survive in Prykarpattya portray
him as a local hero who robbed the rich
and helped the poor serfs. He was like
Robin Hood in England.
His portraits were sold at local market
places.
4.
5. Once, a military
expedition of 2000
soldiers, headed by a
Polish magnate, was
sent to stop Olexa’s
rebellious army.
Nonetheless, he
couldn’t be captured.
Oleksa was killed by
Stepan Dzvinchuck,
who worked with the
Polish and betrayed
him.
