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Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko[a] (Ukrainian: Тарас Григорович Шевченко; 9 March 1814 – 10 March 1861) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklorist and ethnographer. He was a fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts and a member of the Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius.
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (born Feb. 25 [March 9, New Style], 1814, Morintsy, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died Feb. 26 [March 10], 1861, St. Petersburg, Russia) was the foremost Ukrainian poet of the 19th century and a major figure of the Ukrainian national revival.
Taras Shevchenko is a key figure of Ukrainian culture. He is often called simply Kobzar. He is a folk singer who performs historical poems and religious and moralistic songs accompanied by...
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko, the great Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, and public and political figure, was born on March 9, 1814, in the village of Moryntsi, Kyiv gubernia, in the Russian Empire (today Ukraine).
Taras Shevchenko was born a serf in village of Morintsy, Kiev Province in the year 1814. Naturally a painter, Shevchenko’s master sent him to an apprenticeship in St. Petersburg. At the age of 24, he bought his freedom by auctioning a painting of noted poet Vasily Zhukovsky.
Jul 14, 2022 · Taras Shevchenko: The slave who became a symbol of Ukrainian independence. The life of a poet and painter whose works sustain Ukrainians through their darkest days. Show more.
Shevchenko, Taras [Ševčenko], b 9 March 1814 in Moryntsi, Zvenyhorodka county, Kyiv gubernia, d 10 March 1861 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Ukraine’s national bard and famous artist. Born a serf, Shevchenko was orphaned when he was twelve and grew up in poverty and misery.
The bicentennial of Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861) coincided with a remar-kable political and social upheaval—a revolution and a national renewal that as of this writing is still ongoing and still under attack in Ukraine.1The core, and iconic, presence of Shevchenko in that process, and dramatically and symboli-
Taras Hryhorovich Shevchenko, the great Ukrainian poet, artist and thinker, was born on March 9, 1814, in the village of Moryntsi in central Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire. Poetry. Shevchenko was the founder of the new Ukrainian literature.
Aug 24, 2023 · Taras Shevchenko was an outstanding Ukrainian artist and poet. Born to a peasant family, he became a Ukrainian liberty idol and national artistic hero. His artworks reflect critical problems in 19th-century Ukrainian society. Today, his ideas are still fresh and relevant.
