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Monument to T.G. Shevchenko
Full name of the monument :

Monument to T.G. Shevchenko

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
school yard in the village of Semenivka, Romensky district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1964
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Nationality :
Ukrainian
Social status :
intellectuals
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
memorial inscription
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Narrative commemorates :
Ukrainian statehood from the IX to the XVIII centuries
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
exists
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Romny city council
Institution’s website :
https://romny-vk.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Taras Grigorovich Shevchenko (February 25 (March 9) 1814, Moryntsi village, Kyiv province, Russian Empire (now Zvenigorod district, Cherkasy region, Ukraine) - February 26 (March 10) 1861, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire) - Ukrainian poet , novelist, thinker, painter, engraver, ethnographer, public figure. National hero and symbol of Ukraine. A member of the Ukrainian national movement, a member of the Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood. Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1860). Shevchenko's literary heritage, in which poetry plays a central role, in particular the collection "Kobzar", is considered the basis of modern Ukrainian literature and, in many respects, the literary Ukrainian language.