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After Ukraine gained its independence in the wake of the 1991 Soviet Collapse, some Ukrainian cities replaced their statues of Lenin with statues of Taras Shevchenko[citation needed] and in some locations that lacked streets named to him, local authorities renamed the streets or squares to Shevchenko, even though these sites usually have little or no connection to his biography. These memorials testify, perhaps, to a greater spirit of patriotism than historical accuracy.
Outside of Ukraine and the former USSR monuments to Shevchenko have been put up in many countries, usually under the initiative of local Ukrainian diasporas. There are several memorial societies and monuments to him throughout Canada and the United States, most notably a monument in Washington, D.C., near Dupont Circle. There is also a monument in Tipperary Hill in Syracuse, United States.
The town of Vita in Manitoba, Canada was originally named Shevchenko in his honor. There is a Shevchenko Square in Paris located in the heart of the central Saint-Germain-des-Prés district. The Leo Mol sculpture garden in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, contains many images of Taras Shevchenko.
A two-tonne bronze statue of Shevchenko, located in a memorial park outside of Oakville, Ontario was discovered stolen in December 2006. It was taken for scrap metal; the head was recovered in a damaged state, but the statue was not repairable.
| Taras Shevchenko monument in Luhansk, Ukraine. | Statue of Taras Shevchenko in Lviv, Ukraine | Taras Shevchenko Monument in Washington, D.C. | Taras Shevchenko Place Street Sign in New York City, NY |
Example of poetry
Testament (Zapovit)
| When I am dead, bury me | When from Ukraine the Dnieper bears | Oh bury me, then rise ye up |
— Taras Shevchenko, 25 December 1845, Pereyaslav.
References:
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Shevchenko, Taras (English). Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved on March 22, 2007.
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(Russian)Paola Utevskaya, Dmitriy Gorbachev, «He could have understood Picasso himself», Zerkalo Nedeli, July 26 - August 1, 1997.
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(Russian)Historical page of Orsk.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Hryhorovych_Shevchenko
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