Mily Balakirev
Through his performances, Veresai inspired the creation of the genre known as "dumky" (small "dumy"). Following his performances in Saint Petersburg, Eastern European composers such as Antonín Dvořák, Peter Tchaikovsky, Modest Mussorgsky, Leoš Janáček, Bohuslav Martinů, Mykola Lysenko, Vasyl Barvinsky, Mily Balakirev, Maria Zawadsky, Vladislav Zaremba, and Sylvia Zaremba wrote many "dumky".