Before the war, Max Barskih was an astonishingly glamorous man. He was an outspoken pacifist who immediately came to the commendable defense of the country when the war started. It seems that the heroic singing soul of the Cossack Mamai remembered him. Kobzar, who strung together the words of a necklace of profound thoughts handed down by generations of traveling kobzar-bandurists, painted him on canvases and walls of different Ukrainian houses, doors and shutters, and chests. A similar "Mamai" can be found in every home in Ukraine. With his songs, Max began to inspire people from the first days of the war. Max's songs began to unite everyone's hearts who were defending their noble native land and homes. Somehow Max's songs, like a prayer, strengthened and hardened everyone.