Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko

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Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko

Was a Ukrainian poet and artist. He is also known

under the name Kobzar after his most famous

literary work, a collection of poems entitled Kobzar.

His literary heritage is regarded to be the

foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and, to a

large extent, the modern Ukrainian language.

Shevchenko is also known for many masterpieces

as a painter and an illustrator.

B O R N I N T O A S E R F P E A S A N T F A M I LY O F H R Y H O R I Y I V A N O V Y C H S H E V C H E N K O A N D K A T E R Y N A Y A K Y M I V N A S H E V C H E N K O

( B O I K O ) O F C O S S A C K D E S C E N T I N T H E V I L L A G E O F M O R Y N T S I , O F K Y I V G O V E R N O R A T E O F T H E R U S S I A N E M P I R E ( N O W I N

C H E R K A S Y O B L A S T , U K R A I N E ) S H E V C H E N K O G R E W U P I N T H E N E I G H B O R I N G V I L L A G E O F K Y R Y L I V K A T H A T T O D A Y C A R R I E S

T H E N A M E S H E V C H E N K O V E . T H E S H E V C H E N K O F A M I LY M O V E D T O K Y R Y L I V K A S O O N A F T E R T H E B I R T H O F T A R A S . T W O Y E A R S L A T E R I N K E R E L I V K A , T A R A S ' S S I S T E R Y A R Y N A W A S B O R N . I N T H E F A L L O F 1 8 2 2 T A R A S S T A R T E D T O T A K E S O M E G R A M M A R

C L A S S E S A T A L O C A L D Y A K .

" E N G E L H A R D T N O T I C E D S H E V C H E N K O ' S A R T I S T I C T A L E N T , A N D A P P R E N T I C E D H I M I N V I L N I U S T O J A N R U S T E M , T H E N I N S A I N T P E T E R S B U R G T O V A S I L I Y S H I R I A E V F O R F O U R Y E A R S . . . T H E R E

H E M E T T H E U K R A I N I A N A R T I S T I V A N S O S H E N K O , W H O I N T R O D U C E D H I M T O O T H E R C O M P A T R I O T S S U C H A S Y E V H E N H R E B I N K A A N D V A S Y L H R Y H O R O V Y C H , A N D T O T H E R U S S I A N

P A I N T E R A L E X E Y V E N E T S I A N O V . T H R O U G H T H E S E M E N S H E V C H E N K O A L S O M E T T H E F A M O U S P A I N T E R A N D P R O F E S S O R K A R L B R I U L L O V , W H O D O N A T E D H I S P O R T R A I T O F T H E R U S S I A N

P O E T V A S I L Y Z H U K O V S K Y A S A L O T T E R Y P R I Z E , W H O S E P R O C E E D S W E R E U S E D T O B U Y S H E V C H E N K O ' S F R E E D O M O N

M A Y 5 , 1 8 3 8

Karl Briullov

Vasily Zhukovsky

I N T H E S A M E Y E A R S H E V C H E N K O W A S A C C E P T E D A S A S T U D E N T I N T O T H E A C A D E M Y O F A R T S I N T H E

W O R K S H O P O F K A R L B R I U L L O V. T H E N E X T Y E A R H E B E C A M E A R E S I D E N T S T U D E N T A T T H E A S S O C I A T I O N

F O R T H E E N C O U R A G E M E N T O F A R T I S T S . A T T H E A N N U A L E X A M I N A T I O N S A T T H E I M P E R I A L A C A D E M Y O F

A R T S , S H E V C H E N K O W A S G I V E N A S I L V E R M E D A L F O R A L A N D S C A P E . I N 1 8 4 0 H E A G A I N R E C E I V E D T H E S I L V E R M E D A L , T H I S T I M E F O R H I S F I R S T O I L P A I N T I N G , T H E

B E G G A R B O Y G I V I N G B R E A D T O A D O G .

Gypsy Fortune Teller

Kateryna

Shevchenko was imprisoned in Saint Petersburg. He was exiled as a private with the Russian military Orenburg garrison at

Orsk, near the Ural Mountains. Tsar Nicholas I, confirming his sentence, added

to it, "Under the strictest surveillance, without the right to write or paint."

Self-portrait as a soldier

T A R A S S H E V C H E N K O S P E N T T H E L A S T Y E A R S O F H I S L I F E W O R K I N G O N N E W P O E T R Y, P A I N T I N G S ,

A N D E N G R A V I N G S , A S W E L L A S E D I T I N G H I S O L D E R W O R K S . B U T A F T E R H I S D I F F I C U LT Y E A R S I N E X I L E

H I S F I N A L I L L N E S S P R O V E D T O O M U C H . S H E V C H E N K O D I E D I N S A I N T P E T E R S B U R G O N

M A R C H 1 0 , 1 8 6 1 , T H E D A Y A F T E R H I S 4 7 T H B I R T H D A Y.

S H E V C H E N K O ' S " T E S TA M E N T " , ( ZAPOV I T , 1 8 4 5 ) , H A S B E E N T R A N S L AT E D I N T O M O R E T H A N 6 0 L A N G UA G E S A N D S E T T O M U S I C I N T H E 1 8 7 0 S B Y H . H L A D K Y. T H E P O E M

E N J O Y S A S TAT U S S E C O N D O N LY T O U K R A I N E ’ S N AT I O N A L A N T H E M .

Testament (Zapovit)

When I am dead, bury meIn my beloved Ukraine,

My tomb upon a grave mound high

Amid the spreading plain,So that the fields, the boundless

steppes,The Dnieper's plunging shore

My eyes could see, my ears could hear

The mighty river roar.

When from Ukraine the Dnieper bears

Into the deep blue seaThe blood of foes ... then will I

leaveThese hills and fertile fields --I'll leave them all and fly away

To the abode of God,And then I'll pray .... But until that

day

I nothing know of God.

Oh bury me, then rise ye upAnd break your heavy chains

And water with the tyrants' bloodThe freedom you have gained.

And in the great new family,The family of the free,

With softly spoken, kindly wordRemember also me.

O U T S I D E O F U K R A I N E A N D T H E F O R M E R U S S R , M O N U M E N T S T O S H E V C H E N K O H A V E B E E N P U T U P I N M A N Y C O U N T R I E S ,

U S U A L L Y U N D E R T H E I N I T I A T I V E O F L O C A L U K R A I N I A N D I A S P O R A S . T H E R E A R E S E V E R A L M E M O R I A L S O C I E T I E S A N D

M O N U M E N T S T O H I M T H R O U G H O U T C A N A D A A N D T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S , M O S T N O T A B L Y T H E L E O M O L M O N U M E N T I N

W A S H I N G T O N , D . C . N E A R D U P O N T C I R C L E . T H E G R A N I T E M O N U M E N T N E A R D U P O N T C I R C L E W A S C A R V E D B Y V I N C E N T I L L U Z Z I O F B A R R E , V E R M O N T. T H E R E I S A L S O A M O N U M E N T

I N S O Y U Z I V K A I N N E W Y O R K S T A T E , T I P P E R A R Y H I L L I N S Y R A C U S E , N E W Y O R K .

Gold commemorative coin dedicated to Taras

Shevchenko

Taras Shevchenko on the obsoleted 1000000 karbovanets

banknote

Taras Shevchenko on the current banknote of 100

Transnistrian rubles

Свою Україну любіть, Любіть її… Бо время

люте, В остатню тяжкую

минуту За неї господа моліть.