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Memorial sign to Taras Shevchenko
Full name of the monument :

Memorial sign to Taras Shevchenko

Region :
Poltava region
Address of the monument :
Lubny, Poltava region, Volodymyrskyi Avenue, T. Shevchenko Square
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1965 р.
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
sculptors Vas. I. Semenyuta (1965), D. O. Korshunov, V. P. Holub (2014); architects Vol. Semenyuta (1965), A. Shmondenko (2014); artist V. Pashkevych (2014)
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Social status :
intellectuals
Material :
stone
Type of art composition :
architectural object(s)
Artistic approach :
synthesis
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
To the Great Kobzar on the 150th anniversary of his birth, 1814-1964
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 :
Lubny City Council
Institution’s website :
https://lubnyrada.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The monument of monumental art It is listed in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine under the category of local significance (protection 2473-Pl). Order of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine dated 25.02.2020 № 1062 The monument was unveiled on the 150th anniversary of the poet's birth, and on the days of his 200th anniversary, Lubny residents laid flowers to the renovated memorial (authors - sculptors D. Korshunov and V. Holub, architect - A. Shmondenko, artist - V. Pashkevych). Taras Shevchenko visited Lubny district in 1843, 1845, and 1846. As an employee of the Kyiv Archaeological Commission, in the summer of 1845 Shevchenko traveled extensively throughout Ukraine, collecting folklore and archaeological materials and sketching architectural and historical monuments. He visited the site of the last battle of Severin Nalyvaiko's rebels in Solonytsia, visited the Mgar Monastery, and visited Castle Hill in Lubny. And in October, while celebrating a road trip in the city, he met with his old friend, writer and ethnographer Oleksandr Afanasiev-Chuzhbynskyi, whom he later visited in Iskivtsi. The village cherishes the memory of Taras Shevchenko, and every year at the end of May, Shevchenko holidays are held near Shevchenko's well.