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Taras Shevchenko is a great Ukrainian poet and artist

Taras Shevchenko is a great Ukrainian poet and artist.

Taras Shevchenko is the founder of the modern Ukrainian literary language.

Shevchenko was born in the family of a serf in the village of Moryntsy in 1814. Young Taras became an orphan very early.

He was a shepherd, a labourer to a priest and, when he was fourteen, his master took him into the manor house as a boy-servant — "kozachok".

In 1829 Shevchenko's master moved to Vilno and then — to St Petersburg. He took his boy-servant with him, too.

Still in his early childhood Shevchenko was very fond of drawing and his master decided to make a serf painter of him. For this purpose he sent Taras to study painting.

In 1838 Shevchenko wrote his first poems in Ukrainian.

His first poetical works are mainly examples of romanticism. The subject of many poems was unhappy love.

In 1840 he published his first book of poems which he named "Kobzar".

In 1843 Shevchenko returned to Ukraine.

He travelled a lot about the country and learned to know the heavy life of the Ukrainian serfs.

In 1846 Shevchenko joined a revolutionary organisation — Kiril and Mephodiy Society, which aimed to liberate the serfs.

He wrote several revolutionary poems directed against the tsarist despotism ("Dream", 1844, "The Caucasus", 1845, and his famous "Testament").

In 1847 he was arrested and exiled as a soldier to Orsk fortress in Kazakhstan. Here, being a soldier, he wrote several novels in Russian. He also painted several of his best pictures.

In 1857 Shevchenko returned from the exile to St Petersburg.

In St Petersburg he made close friends with well- known Russian writers N. Chernyshevskyi N. Dobrolubov N. Nekrasov —and others.

In 1859, when Shevchenko went to Ukraine, he was arrested and forced to return to St Petersburg — the tsarist government was afraid of the elderly poet.

On the 10th of March, Shevchenko died. His death was a great loss for Ukrainian literature and liberation movement .

Monument at the grave of Taras Shevchenko in Kaniv .

Shevchenko’s works take an important place in Ukrainian literature and history. His works are translated into many languages.

Shevchenko was an outstanding poet and a highly accomplished artist. He also painted the landscapes of Central Asia Fire in the Steppe ( Пожежа в степу 1848 ) Dalismen-Mula-Aulye ( Далісмен-Мула-Аулье 1848 )

Taras Shevchenko painted and drew numerous landscapes and recorded such Ukrainian architectural monuments as : Bohdan`s Church in Subotiv – 1845 ( Церква Богдана у Суботиві ) Askoldova Mohyla - 1846 ( Аскольдова Могила )

The Pochaiv Monastery from the South (Почаївський Монастир з півдня 1846) The Ascension Cathedral in Pereiaslav ( Вознесенський собор в Переяславі 1845)

There are 835 works written by him, although 270 are known to have been lost. His collection also contains over 150 portraits, 42 self-portraits. There are many landscapes, watercolours and etchings.

Shevchenko is the favourite author of millions of Ukrainians, a real people's poet.

Crossword

1. Taras 1. What is the name of the great Ukrainian poet ?

2. Where was born Taras Shevchenko ? 2. Moryntsy

3. What is the most famous poem of Taras Shevchenko ? 3. Testament

4. Ukraine 4. Where Shevchenko has written his first poems ?

5. Caucasus 5. What is one of the poems which was written in 1845 ?

6. Poet 6. Who is Taras Shevchenko in general ?

Т.Г. Шевченко видатний український художник