Zot Andriyovych Dibrova (1880s, Pashkivska - first half of the 20th century, Kazakhstan) was a bandura player; an artist of the symphony orchestra of the Kuban Cossack Army.
He was born in the family of a Cossack of the Kuban Cossack Army in the village of Pashkivska.
One of the pioneers of the revival of kobzarism in the Kuban. One of the most prominent bandura players in the Kuban. A knight of the bandura. He learnt to play and build the instrument from his relatives in Greater Ukraine. He recorded and arranged Ukrainian folk songs and dances, wrote music to the words of Ukrainian Kuban poets, and created the School of Bandura Playing. He travelled the length and breadth of the Kuban with concerts and lectures. He was extremely productive as a concert artist. Sometimes he gave two solo concerts a day. According to A. Chornyi, he had a talent for influencing the audience. He had great authority among the Kuban people. O. Obabko left the following impression of D.: "This stout, tightly built Cossack, who retained the typical features of a Cossack from the time of Taras Bulba, reminded me of the ancient bandura players of Ukraine with his appearance and manner of gently extracting sounds on the bandura." A. Chornyi noted: "He travelled a lot to the villages and woke people up from their sleep. He was an excellent speaker, a brave man, and as a kobzar he knew many ancient songs and dumas that were of great historical importance."
Zota Dibrova was known and loved by the whole of Kuban. The Soviet authorities did not give him this, and sentenced him to exile in Kazakhstan, where he died.
