Evgeny Grebinka born February 2, 1812 on a farm Ubizhysche Pyryatyn district in Poltava in the family of a retired staff captain. Primary education received at home. In 1825-1831 he studied in high school science Nezhinsky during training began writing poetry. 1827 drama written for amateur theater "in a strange sleigh sadys not." 1829 began working on the Ukrainian translation of Pushkin's poem "Poltava". He participated in the publication of handwritten journals stacked with student works Gogol, N.Kukolnyka, M.Prokopovycha, H.Hrebinky. 1831 graduated from high school, and later in the pages of "Ukrainian Almanac" in Kharkiv under the pseudonym E. Hrebenkyn was published his first poem in Russian. "Rohdaev feast" ( "Rohday sydel Between Friends ..."). In 1831-1833 he served in the 8th Little Russian Cossack regiment. From 1834, he lived in St. Petersburg, where the autumn published his collection of fables "Malorossyyskye sayings." He served in the Commission's religious schools in the Synod. From 1838 until his death he taught literature, science and sometimes also in the Noble Regiment, 2nd Cadet Corps and other military schools. 1840 comb Shevchenko helped in the publication of "Poet". In the same year in the journal "Otechestvennыe Notes" published Hrebinchyna story "Student Notes" and the "Matins register their" - the story "Kulik." 1842 wrote the story "Senya". In 1843 comb visited Ukraine was in Odessa, was published novel "Tchaikovsky." 1844 comb married Mariya Rostenberh. That same year he released his novel "Doctor." 1845 met Kulish wrote an essay "Peterburhskaya side." In 1847 he opened his expense Rudtsi village in Poltava region Lubny district parish school for peasant children. In the same year came the story "Zaborova" and "Adventures of blue assyhnatsyy." Since 1846, Comb began publishing a collection of his prose. By the end of 1848, he published eight volumes. Comb died December 3, 1848 from tuberculosis in St. Petersburg. His body was transported to Ubizhysche, where he was buried. Eugene Comb: works Thistle and konoplynochka Bear Court Sparrows and cherry uncle on dzvonytsi Kulik (1840)
swans and geese Mr. and dog Wheat Fisherman Ukrainian melody Tchaikovsky (1843)
Boat (1833)
notes a student
(1841)
Nezhynskyy Colonel Zolotarenko (1842)
Bohdan ( 1843)
Adventures assyhnatsyy Son (1847)