Chernihiv kobzars
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The Chernihiv kobzari were grouped around the city of Mena, Chernihiv Oblast of northeastern Ukraine. Outstanding members of this group were Pavlo Bratytsia, Andriy Beshko, Prokop Dub, Luka Dumenko, A. Haydenko, Petro Heras'ko, Pavlo Kulyk, Tereshko Parkhomenko, Ivan Romanenko, Andriy Sut, Petro Siroshtan, Demian Symonenko, Petro Tkachenko, Semen Vlasko and Semen Zezulia.
The style of playing the bandura used by Chernihiv kobzari became the foundation of the Kiev (Kyiv) academic bandura tradition.