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| Taras Shevchenko Тарас Шевченко |
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Self-portrait, 1840
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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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Parent's hut in Kyrylivka (now village of Shevchenkove, Zvenigorodsky region, Ukraine). Taras Shevchenko, pencil, 09/1843
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Kobzar and Haidamaky, 1844
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Kornylo Ustyjanovicz. Shevchenko in exile. 1860-s
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Shevchenko by Ivan Kramskoi upon his return from exile, 1871
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Grave of Taras Shevchenko, Taras Hill near Kaniv, historical postcard. The cross was dismantled by the Soviets in the 1920s
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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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Monument to Taras Shevchenko in Irpen, Ukraine. The authors are Boris Krylov and Oles Sydoruk.
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Taras Shevchenko on the current 100 hryvnia banknote
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Dreams, 1840, Poltava (poem) illustration
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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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Kateryna (1842, Oil, Taras Shevchenko National Museum)
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Reshetelivka, 1845
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Dalismen-mule-village, 1851