Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko 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. He wrote poetry in Ukrainian and prose in Russian.
Ukraine without Kuchma was a mass protest campaign that took place in Ukraine in 2000–2001, demanding the resignation of President Leonid Kuchma, and preceding the Orange Revolution. Unlike the Orange Revolution, Ukraine without Kuchma was effectively extinguished by the government enforcement units, and followed by numerous arrests of the opposition and the Ukrainian-speaking participants. Seeking the criminal responsibility for those events was renewed with the election of Viktor Yanukovych as the President of Ukraine.
The Rumyantsev Obelisk is a granite obelisk located in Saint Petersburg. It is at the centre of Rumyantsev Square, on Vasilyevsky Island, between the Menshikov Palace and the Saint Petersburg Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. The obelisk commemorates the victories of Count Pyotr Rumyantsev during the Russo-Turkish War between 1768 and 1774, and his service in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792.
The Alexander Column, also known as Alexandrian Column, is the focal point of Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The monument was raised after the Russian victory in the war with Napoleon's France. The column is named for Emperor Alexander I of Russia, who reigned from 1801 to 1825.
Yevhen Shevchenko is a Ukrainian football striker. He is 1.87 m tall. He weighs 72 kg (159 lb).
Kobzar is a book of poems by Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko, first published by Shevchenko in 1840 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. Taras Shevchenko, born in Moryntsi, Kyiv Governorate, in what is now Ukraine, was nicknamed The Kobzar after the publishing of this collection. From that time on this title has been applied to Shevchenko's poetry in general and acquired a symbolic meaning of the Ukrainian national and literary revival.
Mykola Havrylovych Shmatko was a Ukrainian sculptor and painter. He was born in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.
The Taras Shevchenko Memorial is a bronze statue and stone relief-adorned wall located on the 2200 block of P Street NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. It is one of many monuments in Washington, D.C. that honor foreign heroes who symbolize freedom in their native countries. Sculpted by Leo Mol, the memorial honors Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), a Ukrainian poet and artist who influenced the development of modern Ukrainian literature.
Giennadij Jerszow is a Polish–Ukrainian sculptor, jewelry designer and art teacher. He is a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, and the National Association of Polish Artists and Designers. He is known for the production of monumental works, easel compositions and portraits, represented in different countries.
Valentina Anatolyevna Shevchenko (born March 7, 1988) is a Kyrgyzstani and Peruvian professional mixed martial artist, former Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer. She currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is a two-time and current UFC Women's Flyweight Champion and both the first Kyrgyzstani and Peruvian fighter to win a UFC championship. As of September 17, 2024, she is #1 in the UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings.
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, as well as folklorist and ethnographer. His literary heritage is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and, to a large extent, the modern Ukrainian language. Shevchenko is also known for many masterpieces as a painter and an illustrator.
Monument to Taras Shevchenko is a monument which is mounted in the town Shakhty in the Rostov region in memory of the Ukrainian poet and prose writer Taras Grigorievich Shevchenko.
Kateryna Zelenko is a Ukrainian diplomat who served as the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine between 2018 and 2020. She was appointed as the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Singapore by President Volodymyr Zelensky on 14 November 2020.
Diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Uzbekistan were established on 25 August 1992.
Monastyrskyi Island is located within the boundaries of the Sobornyi district of the Ukrainian city of Dnipro near the right bank of the Dnieper River. It is covered with granite rocks to the west which gradually turns into a sandy spit in the east of the island.
The Monument to Taras Shevchenko is a monument to the Ukrainian poet and writer Taras Shevchenko raised in the capital of Azerbaijan, the city of Baku. The author of the monument is the Ukrainian sculptor Igor Grechanik.
Neither Stepan Bandera or the OUN are a symbols of the current Ukrainian government and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not presenting Bandera or other OUN members as national heroes, preferring to not talk about Bandera.
The Mykola Shchors monument was an equestrian statue to Red Army commander Mykola Shchors erected in 1954, and located at an intersection of Symona Petliury Street and Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, Kyiv, Ukraine, that was dismantled on 9 December 2023.
The Taras Shevchenko Park or the Taras Shevchenko Park of Culture and Recreation, is Dnipro's central and oldest park. The mainland and a portion of Monastyrskyi Island make up the park. Known as the Potemkin Garden, it stood from the 1790s to 1925.
The Taras Shevchenko Dnipro Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theatre is a 20th century city theatre and architectural landmark in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine. It was the nation's first professional theatre to hold national cultural importance status.
View the images, videos and links of the Taras Shevchenko Monument unveiling ceremony and concert of June 26, 2011 - [5]
