Monument to Taras Shevchenko in Chernigov ( Ukrainian. Pam'yatnik Taras Shevchenko in Chernigov ) - a monument to the national Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko , established in the city of Chernigov .
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| Monument to Taras Shevchenko in Chernigov | |
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| ukr Pam'yatnik Taras Shevchenko in Chernigov | |
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| A country |  Ukraine |
| City | Chernigov |
| Project author | Vladimir Andreevich Chepelik |
| Date of construction | 1992 |
| Height | 3 meters; 4.05 m (with pedestal) |
| Material | bronze , granite (pedestal) |
Located in the historic center of Chernigov - on the Val , where, at the time of Kievan Rus, there was a fortress in the modern Central Kotsyubinsky Culture and Recreation Park, therefore it is part of the National Architectural and Historical Reserve "Ancient Chernihiv" ( ukr. "Ancient Chernihiv" ).
The author of the monument is the People’s Artist of Ukraine , the winner of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine Vladimir Andreevich Chepelik [1] .
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History
Chernihiv and Taras Shevchenko connects the poet's repeated stay in the city. For the first time Shevchenko drove through Chernigov in May in 1843, heading from St. Petersburg to Ukraine. Later, in 1846-47, Shevchenko was in Chernigov on behalf of the Archaeographic Commission . In Chernihiv region, Shevchenko visited many cities and villages, repeatedly visited the Galaganov , Tarnovsky , Lizogubov , created some of his artistic paintings. Many of his things and works of this period are now stored in the Chernihiv Historical Museum .
The first monument to Shevchenko in Chernigov was typically Soviet - a concrete statue of an elderly poet 2.5 meters high on a plastered pedestal, erected in 1950 at the entrance to the city from the side of Sednev . Due to the large-scale construction in the northern part of Chernigov in the 1960s and the unfortunate location of the monument relatively far from the city center, in 1964, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Taras Shevchenko, the monument was moved to the Central Park of Culture and Leisure, turning it to face Gums .
On September 21, 1992, in honor of the 1300th anniversary of the city, at the same place, a conceptually different monument was opened to the Kobzar. The opening of the monument was attended by the first President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk [2] . The previous monument was moved to the territory of the former communications regiment.
Now the monument is a traditional venue for ceremonies dedicated to Taras Shevchenko.
Description of the monument
The Chernihiv Shevchenko Monument is unique in Ukraine and remains one of the few depicting a poet at a young age. The monument is cast from bronze , its height is 3 meters. Here the poet is 33 years old, while Shevchenko is in Priluki . Shevchenko is wearing a long frock coat, sitting on the edge of a bench, holding a folder with drawings with his left hand, his raincoat is hanging to the left of the poet from a bench. The sculptural composition is set on a rectangular granite pedestal of gray color with a height of 1 meter, the front side of which is added to the right with a black tablet with an autograph of Shevchenko.
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Links
- Pam'yatnik Taras Shevchenko on the Val (ukr.) / National Architectural and Historical Reserve "Ancient Chernigov".
- Shevchenko Taras Grigorovich and Chernigivshchyna (Ukrainian) / Chernigov Regional Universal Scientific Library named after V. G. Korolenko .