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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.
Apr 8, 2024 · 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.
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Nov 10, 2022 · Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814-1861) remains Ukraine’s most revered poet. He was also a renowned artist, playwright, and ethnographer of Ukrainian life as it existed under oppressive Imperial Russian rule.
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Taras Shevchenko is not just the founder of the modern Ukrainian literary language, he is also the most important symbol of modern Ukrainian nationhood. Born a serf in March 1814 on an estate just over 100 miles from Kyiv, Shevchenko demonstrated an early aptitude for art.
12K views 3 years ago. 'The Serf Who Founded a Nation'. How Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861) went from being a serf to becoming Ukraine’s most important poet, giving a voice to the Ukrainian...
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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.
Aug 13, 2021 · Taras Shevchenko and the Search for a Ukrainian Literary Identity. Culture Trip 13 August 2021. Largely regarded as the father of Ukrainian literature and linguistics, Taras Shevchenko was a brilliant but controversial philosophical artist and scholar of the 19th century. Lindsay Parnell explores his life and work.
