 The bandurists of the Kiev Capella had all been immediately mobilized into the Red Army with the Nazi invasion; however, a number of bandurists who had survived had returned to Kiev and a group initially directed by the former concertmaster Hryhory Nazarenko was established and began rehearsing.In the spring of 1941 it applied to the Kiev City Council for permission to use Taras Shevchenko as its patron, which was granted.In time, with his arrival the artistic directorship was transferred to Hryhory Kytasty.