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You’re a Cossack now, Ukrainians tell Boris Johnson and his ‘freedom-loving hair’
Honorary title bestowed on the PM, who is also celebrated in a painting as the Cossack Mamay, a folkloric hero playing the kobza
Boris Johnson has been officially inducted into Ukraine’s Cossack community and given a new name that pays homage to his hairstyle in another token of gratitude for his support during the war.
A Cossack community in Chernihiv, in northern Ukraine, officially made the prime minister a Cossack and gave him the name of Boris Chuprina, which means “a long lock of hair”, Ukraine’s public broadcaster said.
Two local artists have painted a picture of Mr Johnson dressed as the Cossack Mamay, a Ukrainian folkloric hero playing the kobza, a lute-like instrument, which is now on display at the local museum.
Cossacks, who originated from the steppe of present-day Ukraine and Russia, were a semi-nomadic and semi-militarised people who fought for Ukraine’s independence while the country was stuck between present-day Poland and Russia.
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