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Taras Shevchenko
Тарас Шевченко |
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Born | Mar 9 [O.S. Feb 25] 1814 Moryntsi, Kiev Governorate (today Cherkasy Oblast) |
Died | March 10 [O.S. February 26] 1861 (age 47) Saint Petersburg |
Occupation | Poet, artist |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko; was born 25 February 1814 (9 March New Style), Moryntsi, and died February 26 1861 (March 10, New Style), St. Petersburg. He was a Ukrainian poet, writer (playwright, prose writer), artist (painter, engraver), public and political figure.
Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1860).
Images for kids
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Taras Shevchenko Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Taras Shevchenko statue in Schpola, Ukraine
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Taras Shevchenko on the current 100 hryvnia banknote
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Gypsy Fortune Teller, 1841. Oil on canvas. Winner of the 1841 Silver Medal at the Imperial Academy of Arts.

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