Tomasz Padura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tomasz Padura

Polish and Ukrainian musician and poet

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1801

Place of Birth: Illintsi, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 08-Sep-1871

Profession: composer, poet, lutenist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Tymko (Tomasz) Padura also Padurra (1801 – 1871 in Illintsi, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian-Polish Romantic poet of the so-called Ukrainian school, musician-torbanist, and composer-songwriter. Padura's ballad of Ustym Karmaliuk "Beyond Siberia The Sun Rises" (?? ??????? ????? ???????) achieved extraordinary popularity in 19th century Ukraine.
It became a folk-song.
His song "Hej Sokoly (song)" is very popular in both Ukraine and Poland.