The Chernihiv kobzari were grouped around the city of Mena, in the Chernihiv Oblast of northeastern Ukraine. Outstanding members of this group were , Andriy Beshko, Prokop Dub, Luka Dumenko, A. Haydenko, Petro Heras'ko, , Tereshko Parkhomenko, Ivan Romanenko, , 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 Kyiv academic bandura tradition (Kyiv academic style).