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Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklorist and ethnographer. His literary heritage, in particular the poetry collection Kobzar, is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and to some degree also of the modern Ukrainian language. The significance of Shevchenko's creative genius for the Ukrainian and wider Slavic cu…

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culture · Ukrainian poet and artist (1814–1861) · painter · poet · anthropologist · artist · writer · playwright · ethnographer · prose writer · philosopher · film screenwriter · also Taras Shevchenko, Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko, Taras. Shevchenko, Taras Ševčenko, Taras Grigor'yevich Shevchenko, Grigor'yevich Shevchenko

Born 25 February 1814 · Died 10 March 1861 · Q134958

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Ukrainian News: Lithuania wants to remove Lomonosov from school curriculum and replace him with Shevchenko's works
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Yahoo: Ukrainian sculptor Taras Shevchenko killed in action – photos
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2026· 1 entry

Aug 4, 2026Documented record69% confidence

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Ukrainian News: Lithuania wants to remove Lomonosov from school curriculum and replace him with Shevchenko's works

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2025· 1 entry

Mar 10, 2025Documented record69% confidence

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Yahoo: Ukrainian sculptor Taras Shevchenko killed in action – photos

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2024· 1 entry

Mar 9, 2024Documented record69% confidence

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Yahoo: Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet and national hero

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2020· 1 entry

Mar 8, 2020Documented record69% confidence

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Kyiv Post: UkrInform: Zelensky and his wife commemorate Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko

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2017· 1 entry

Aug 15, 2017Documented record69% confidence

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MutualArt.com: Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko

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1987· 1 entry

1987Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And another on 24 September 2010 in the Østre Anlæg Park in Copenhagen

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1966· 1 entry

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The Soviet State Shipping Company took delivery of the 20,000 ton Taras Shevchenko cruise liner

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1957· 1 entry

1957Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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The Ukrainian-American composer Antin Rudnytsky wrote the cantata Poslaniie, based on Shevchenko's poem of the same name

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1922· 1 entry

1922Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And 1933 in Winnipeg, and in 1933-1936 in New York

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1911· 1 entry

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A collection of Shevchenko's verse in English translation was issued by Ethel Lilian Voynich

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1862· 1 entry

1862Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And enjoyed success around the Russian Empire, despite lack of positive evaluation by critics

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1861· 1 entry

Mar 10, 1861Documented record86% confidence

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Died 1861-03-10.

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1860· 2 entries

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Was awarded the title of Academician in the Imperial Academy of Arts specifically for his achievements in etching

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1860Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Lykera moved to the house of Hanna Barvinok, the wife of Panteleimon Kulish, but was eventually accused of "laziness" and expelled

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1859· 1 entry

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Shevchenko got acquainted with Lykera Polusmakova, who worked as a maidservant in the family of one of his Ukrainian friends from St

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1857· 1 entry

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Shevchenko finally returned from exile after receiving amnesty from the new emperor, though he was not permitted to return to St

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1854· 1 entry

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Volunteered to paint an icon for the local church, but was denied permission by military authorities

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1853· 1 entry

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Shevchenko worked on clay sculptures, creating a low relief and many statuettes, which did not survive during transportation

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1851· 1 entry

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At the suggestion of fellow serviceman Bronisław Zaleski, lieutenant colonel Mayevsky assigned Shevchenko to the Mangyshlak (Karatau) geological expedition

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1844· 2 entries

Jan 1, 1844Documented record84% confidence

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Studied at Imperial Academy of Arts (1838–1844).

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Distressed by the condition of Ukrainian regions in the Russian Empire, Shevchenko decided to capture some of his homeland's historical ruins and cultural monuments in an album of etchings, which he called Picturesque Uk

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1842· 1 entry

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Released a part of the tragedy Mykyta Haidai and, in 1843 he completed the drama Nazar Stodolia

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1841· 1 entry

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Shevchenko paid for his epic poem Haidamaky

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1838· 1 entry

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Shevchenko shared a flat in St

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1830· 1 entry

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Engelhardt and his regiment were forced to leave Warsaw

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1829· 1 entry

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Shevchenko was part of Engelhardt's retinue that travelled to Warsaw, where his regiment was based

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1828· 1 entry

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Engelhardt died, and one of his sons, Pavel Engelhardt, became the Shevchenko family's new landlord

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1816· 1 entry

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The family moved to Kyrylivka (modern Shevchenkove), another village owned by Engelhardt, where Taras's father and grandfather had been born

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1814· 1 entry

Feb 25, 1814Documented record86% confidence

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Born 1814-02-25.

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