WHO IS TARAS SHEVCHENKO? POET, ARTIST, FATHER OF UKRAINIAN NATION

00:00 - Childhood of Taras Shevchenko & serfdom.
04:00 - Free Shevchenko becomes the artist.
05:30 - Kobzar by Taras Shevchenko.
07:40 - Taras Shevchenko persecuted by the russian empire.
10:00 - Kobzar in the world today.
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[@Bill-user-ws2jr1bo4m]

And now lovely lady is the strong voice introducing Ukraine to English speakers

[@SomethingBlonde-oc7sc]

Yeah 🤗🇺🇦

[@connyhermansson6474]

Anna for president

[@paulbrouyere1735]

She is already for a while…

[@salad7776]

He is the truest hero, a wonderful man, artist, creator and visionary. He supported Polish-Ukrainian cooperation in the common fight against imperial Russia. Let us follow his example today. 🇵🇱🇺🇦❤

[@piotrwojdelko1150]

Is he the most famous poetician in Ukraine ? If not who is the most famous?

[@salad7776]

@@piotrwojdelko1150 I guess so because Shevchenko is to Ukraine what Mickiewicz is to us.

[@RobertS.-rl8rn]

Yes, agree, great example of strength

[@bomarciniw]

Thank you for the excellent narrative on Taras Shevchenko. From Wisconsin, USA. Слава Україні!

[@streetsarecold]

I heard that Stalin's granddaughter lived in that state

[@beachbum77979]

Героям слава!!

[@lucasrem]

any great poets there ?

[@SomethingBlonde-oc7sc]

Professor Anna time. 🕰️ 🤗🇺🇦

[@Francois-2024]

💙🌻🤗❤

[@trevmacc]

have a great week 🤗

[@stevep6018]

Hello SB. Hope you have had a good weekend and you are still looking after yourself. As always many hugs. 🤗🤗♥

[@BrentAsbjornhus]

Hello SB, Was this like a university class for you? I had flashbacks. Hugs.

[@garyfilmer382]

Hello SB, this was a very good lecture from Anna. Hugs 🤗🌻🇺🇦🔱

[@PeterFraser-hp3rs]

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦💙💛🖖

[@beachbum77979]

Heroyam Slava !!

[@mikecalhoun5374]

Thank you. Slavia Ukraine.

[@maritaschweizer1117]

Taras Tschevsheno blvrd in Kyiv is very impressive and shows how much he is honoured.

[@ChYph3r]

Thank you for the education! Спасибі тобі, Анна, за освіту, слава Україні слава Героям!

[@garyfilmer382]

I love this historical/cultural episode of Discover Ukraine, and the story of Taras Shevchenko, Anna, and those drawings he did are masterpieces! Excellent, diakuyu for this inspirational, interesting video, Anna. Slava Ukraini!🇺🇦🔱

[@beachbum77979]

Heroyam Slava !!

[@BrentAsbjornhus]

Thankyou Anna & Sasha for teaching me about Taras Shevchenko. He was a very interesting person with many talents. I can see why he is held in high esteem by many. Stay Safe! Slava Ukraini!💙💛👍

[@beachbum77979]

Heroyam Slava !!

[@bagheera2057]

I absolutely love this format 😍☺️ Thank you for your hard work and teaching us about great Ukrainian history. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

[@ohms497]

Thank you, Anna. Fascinating history. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

[@beachbum77979]

Heroyam Slava !!

[@teresabaptista7016]

Paintings are also poetry, making the painter a poet too. Shevchenko life and intellect are inspiring. "Never will our staunch soul perish, Nor our cherished freedom." Glory to Ukraine. Always.

[@filosoficomarco]

I live in Curitiba, Brazil and a few blocks away from here there's a statue of Tara's in a square itself called Ukrainian square. This is because there was immigration from Ukraine to Brazil in the late 18 hundreds. Thank you for letting me know more about him.

[@marcusott2973]

Much awaited, much appreciated excellent insights as always from you. ✌️ 🇺🇦

[@user-ql5cd2yl3m]

Hello Anna from Ukraine you look amazingly beautiful today

[@connyhermansson6474]

Today?

[@joeatwood6905]

Anna is adorable every day, but that means nothing compared to what she is doing.👩‍🏫🇺🇦🇺🇸

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@@joeatwood6905 comment on your on platform and I don't give a shit what you say I can say what I want to just like you can

[@calvinherr4293]

I love the aesthetic of this video. I can tell a lot of thought went into it. It's a nice way to honor the artist/poet you are remembering! Thank you for everything you are doing!

[@geo865833]

Interesting to hear the story of this historical hero of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko, as told by Anna. Love from Dallas, Texas.

[@realkina84]

Lovely video. Ukraine is Europe.

[@gatonegro5193]

Señorita Anna, muchas, muchas gracias por esta lección sobre la cultura de Ukraini… no conocía este artista de letra o pintura… la forma en que me lo presentaste es extraordinario… me gustaría conocer más de los artistas, filósofos y compositores que forjaron la Ukraini del presente… Cuídense, sigan por el buen camino…abrazos fraternos… SLAVA UKRAINI, HEROYAM SLAVA 🫶🙏🫡🇺🇦🐈‍⬛

[@Laurynas_LTU]

El país se llama Ucrania en español. Ukraini es una de las formas conjugadas del nombre del país Ukraina que es una transliteración de la lengua ucraniana en el alfabeto cirílico. Por ejemplo, слава україні es slava ukraini que significa Gloria a Ucrania.

[@Francois-2024]

To answer you Dear Anna : In a square of the 6th arrondissement in Paris there is a statue of the bust of Taras Shevchenko. It's also the name of this square. In Toulouse ( south west of France ) there is a monument of him, too. And finally in Cannes ( south east, not far from Nice ) a place called Taras Hryhorovytch Chevtchenko

[@matc6221]

Thank you Anna & Sasha! Always Intresting...A fabulous poet from Wales is Dylan Thomas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💙💛🇺🇦💙💛

[@SS-qo4xe]

Shevchenko is well known in Canada. There are monuments to him in several locations including one at the provincial legislature in Manitoba. In Toronto there is a Shevchenko museum

[@barbaramassey3787]

Thank you! Sending love. 😍😍😍😍

[@yamaneko-ex8fy]

Thank you Miss Anna for this lesson about this fascinating and encouraging example of Ukrainian spirit.

[@alanmcmillan6969]

Hello Anna! It is very important to remember the people that make and shape a nations identity. It matters. Nobody can þakevthat away from yóu, but fome might try. The ones you remember that are there, and mean something, are called National treasures. This is not to be taken lightly, they matter. As time goes by, uothers will join them, and this is a source of national pride. This is your future. This makes you

[@beachbum77979]

Anna is a national treasure for Ukraine, a hero for the world. Heroyam Slava !!

[@alanmcmillan6969]

@@beachbum77979 vey well said, she is for sure. .

[@peterhowells7309]

Great historical video Anna! A very interesting poet. Probably most Ukrainians will recognise this extract? "Fight-and you’ll be victorious, God is helping you! On your side is justice, on your side is glory, And holy liberty!" Being an atheist, I'm not sure that God takes sides, or even exists, but they are very powerful words!

[@paularchard5796]

God doesn’t take sides, he loves everyone and wants them to get to heaven, but it is up to us.

[@peterhowells7309]

@@paularchard5796 I envy those who believe, I really do.

[@m.m.pawliuk2180]

We could say instead...'The Universe' ❤🇺🇦🙏

[@michel-jeantailleur]

@@peterhowells7309 "Justice", "glory" and "liberty" are metaphysical concepts, so it seems you already believe in the possibility of a metaphysical domain. And if you think about belief in terms of where you place your love and loyalty (and not in terms of intellectualized propositions about material facts) then you'll be halfway there! Everybody "believes", so the best thing is to believe in the best thing.

[@peterhowells7309]

@@michel-jeantailleur That passage was not my writing, it was just as an example of SHEVCHENKO's poems. I'm 70 next month, after more than 60 years as an atheist, I may be a difficult person to convince..... 😊 BUT, I appreciate your input anyway.

[@reinhardmuller3269]

This was so amazing, dear Anna! They are indeed so afraid of your words and ideas. His poetry and art is a true symbol of your unbreakable spirit. Ukraine will win, and it is not only that you need the free world, but we all need you among us! Слава України! Героям слава! 🇺🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺

[@erikrehtlane4890]

Excellent to see and hear about Taras and the Ukrainian spirit against suppression. Phenomenal man and hero. Please tell us about more famous Ukrainians.

[@jan-ovepedersen5764]

Taras Shevchenko was borth in 1814, the year Norway wrote it's constitution. Poets, composers, painters, scholars, visionaries, common citizens, farmers and so on... were, and still are, very important for any democratic nation.

[@horstschmitzberger6989]

Love his poems, special when his lat poetry about how to ley him in Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤

[@beachbum77979]

I just heard a poem by him yesterday, read in both Ukrainian and English. Is this the one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoKtpqJveMqZobs

[@tra757200]

Amazing story about this Ukrainian 🇺🇦 hero. I loved it. All my love to you and your fellow Ukrainian 🇺🇦 heroes

[@sylvain-paulcote5470]

Merci beaucoup! Loved it! May Ukraine prevail and retake ALL it's territories! 🇨🇦 ❤ 🇺🇦

[@RobertS.-rl8rn]

Wow, what a powerfully suspenseful presentation of this artist poet. His actual works you showed us really added to this historical presentation. I am sure many of us did not know his story, and now do. I feel he was so strong in spirit, a person who never gave up love for his passions or his fellow countrymen and country, even getting banned from his home, Ukraine. Thanks for the story Anna. 🇺🇸🇺🇦

[@martinbechard]

We have a Shevchenko boulevard in Montreal- thanks for the very interesting backgrounder, I was always curious who he was

[@tonymahon892]

Thank You Anna. The Discover Ukraine series are always much appreciated. What an amazing man Taras Shevchenko was. I had not heard of him before but he goes some way to explain the present day character of you and fellow Ukrainians. You really are an amazing people. Before the Iron Curtain came down I feel ashamed to say that I just thought of Ukraine as part of the USSR- I now know better. Stay Safe Anna and Slava Ukrainia

[@Francois-2024]

Thanks a lot Dear Anna. Perfect video ! It's very interesting. Yesterday, on the internet site of the Kyiv independent, I read all the story of this fantastic poet and hero in the same time. I saw many of his paintings. And now I continue to try to find poems but it's more difficult !

[@trevmacc]

Thank you Anna and Sasha another intresting video💙💛

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Totally agree with you on this...

[@JaneSoole]

Just love the way you tell us about Ukraine's history and this amazing poet and artist. It's brilliant Anna, an education. Thank you.

[@suebritt6831]

Thank you for introducing me to Taras Shevchenko and his work. Слава Україні from South Australia.

[@t33th4n]

Anna! Thank you! For everything!

[@kimberleyh1946]

Thank you Anna, i never knew! 47 yo, so young. Slava Ukraine 💙

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Wonderful stuff,lovely to view and share...my daughter currently reading Marcus Aurelius ( Meditations) ...cheers Anna...and friends...❤❤😊😊

[@ivanrumanek]

Thanks for intruducing Taras Shevchenko to me, Anna. I lived 6 years in Ševčenkova ulica (Shevchenko Street) in Bratislava. Slovakia. It is situated on the southern bank of the city, known as the largest socialist block-of-flat area in Slovakia.

[@Chaldon-hl6yk]

An interesting fact is that there are 30+ Shevchenko streets in Russia, but only 10 in Ukraine.

[@brucebeckman7478]

Anna: One of my favorite professors.

[@streetsarecold]

Anna 4 president 2036

[@arthurhuesser8334]

Anna, I Always look forward to your videos and messages every day, Especially your live videos. Your video today was very informative about a Ukrainian Poet. Please 🙏🏻 do not stop with your videos and messages they are very Informative and Explanatory of what makes Ukraine 🇺🇦 so Great to the World. I might be 82 years old but to me You are a Hero and a Beautiful Angel. I will Never Forget You. You will always be my Friend. You are Always trying to Teach the World how Important Your Great Country of Ukraine 🇺🇦 is to the World. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦. Arthur, from New Jersey, USA 🇺🇸 🇺🇦😇 ❤️💐🌹🌺🌸

[@BMPWR]

Thank you for teaching us about Taras Shevchenko. Never give up. Victory, Freedom, Full Reparations, and all of Ukraine's Land for Ukraine! 💙💛

[@susanschaffner4422]

Beautiful story and paintings. Beautiful Anna to share this history.

[@jonsmachineshop]

Thanks for this episode, Anna and Sasha. З днем народження, Тарас Шевченко!

[@susannesamuelsson2930]

Slava Ukraine 👋🇸🇪♥️🇺🇦👍!

[@janmatfiak2691]

Anna, thank you so much.

[@Steve-cq9ht]

дякю Анна!

[@lint2023]

Very interesting. A Ukrainian American young lady that is extremely extremely talented is a musician on youtube and many other venues. She also makes Ukraine proud, I'm sure. Karolina Protsenko. Everyone should hear her play at least once.

[@johnvissenga328]

Thank you for that Anna. I'm ashamed to say that I was totally ignorant of Taras Shevchenko, his history and his works. The snippets of his art you displayed were magnificent and hopefully will encourage me to find out more.

[@in2weeed]

Дивовижне мистецтво ... Дякую! Велика любов з Канади 🍁 🤘🤙✌️🇺🇦

[@andrewplowman1002]

Interesting piece

[@shonaphilp9321]

Great video Anna. Learnt a lot. ☺️ My national poet is Robbie Burns.

[@rickhill5161]

Hi Anna, Excellent presentation of someone that is lost to the west. I don't know his words but the images he put on paper are amazing and belong next to the most well known Western artists of the past one thousand years! You always make my mind wander away with what you say! Serfdom, I think just that subject is not understood by the current generation. That would be a challenging dig to dive into when most people would think not just having their cell phone with them is too much suffering! A powerful presentation from your heart ! Thank you to Sasha!

[@drreaganeliedithphd6526]

J’adore les poésies de Taras Shevchenko et ides poèmes semblent comme comme Russie traités Ukraine aujourd’hui ❤❤

[@meredithf.1022]

🌻💙🌟 Дякую і молодець, Анна! Обіймаю. 🫂🦝💖Слава Україні! 💪🇺🇦🙏

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Special hug across the pond to our girl...❤...😊...E

[@djparn007]

Thank you, Anna. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 💙 💛

[@drreaganeliedithphd6526]

Taras Shevchenko était un symbole de liberté

[@prismpyre7653]

He reminds me of Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain-- of course Clemens didn't himself come from a suppressed culture or background of colonization, but he had a strong empathy for those that did, and was one of the most merciless and clever critics of our own expansionism and imperialist phase. He also upheld a prose and a way of speaking that was considered 'lowly' or 'uncivilized' in high-society rather than writing and speaking in 'proper' English.

[@SomethingBlonde-oc7sc]

I love Mark Twain. 😊

[@Squee.1366]

@@AstroGremlinAmerican Twain was a humanis with a great sence of humor.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Amen to all those Mark Twain comments...

[@JedAugust]

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[@Waynegee7]

I write poetry and have a great interest in poets from around the world. So thanks for this introduction to Taras Shevechenko which was very interesting. I will see if any of his work has been translated into English.

[@lucianog1114]

thank for your beautiful narration about the poet and the painter

[@1jediwitch]

Taras Shevchenko! I've been waiting for you to do a mini doc on this amazing person, a true 🇺🇦 patriot! #СлаваУкраїні! #ГероямСлава 🇺🇦🔱Unity 🇪🇺 🇯🇵 🇳🇱 🇮🇹 🇳🇿 🇨🇦 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🇷🇴 🇹🇷 🇪🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇧🇬 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 🇲🇩 🇵🇱 🇰🇬 🇰🇿 🇸🇰 🇷🇸 🇭🇷 🇧🇪 🇩🇪 🇱🇺 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🏴󐁧󐁢󐁷󐁬󐁳󐁿 🇮🇪 🏴󐁧󐁢󐁳󐁣󐁴󐁿

[@diosplit8215]

It is interesting that you profiled him as he was recently profiled at University of Alberta library pavilion and described some of the very works you discussed. Very interesting!

[@joeoneill8130]

Hi Anna, in Ireland our poet is Paddy Kavanagh. "Stoney grey soil ". Slava Ukraini !

[@Francois-2024]

Every time you make me like history more and more...

[@neverstop117]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🇺🇦

[@777nydia1]

That was a fantastic talk, Anna. I'd never heard of him, but will look up his poems and works. Your love for Ukraine is so strong as it is for these ideals of freedom and personal expression without censorship. He would love you too. Keep them coming! Slava Ukraini!

[@stevesynth]

🙏🇺🇦

[@jagnarineedwards5891]

Anna you are so pretty and Brilliant God Almighty Blessing to you to give us all an update what going on in Ukraine l am from Guyana South America watching your special program God Bless u

[@stevep6018]

Thank you Anna. always interesting.

[@AbigailAwesome69]

Hugs

[@AbigailAwesome69]

🤗

[@user-rk5me1ek5t]

​@@AbigailAwesome69just trying to work out what's going on ! Just read your message from yesterday. I know most of the deletions are From You Tube. But it also appears very Russian. I am not academic in educational matters. Just a basic schools certificicate. What I have noticed in the beginning I could venture and expand my replys. The deletions was very decisively noticeable in restricting expansion of expression. Being Gagged. Is frustrating. See how I can say and speak about this. At the top of the page a box appears and says your password has been leaked. So the alogrithm allows me to talk freely about this. But blocks my words on Russia. Recently in a reply window where yo evaluate You Tube. I marked it as Poor. One thing I have noticed. A couple of times. It discriminates against females. You can hardly write any thing. This is designed to get rid of people. Once in my life I had to see a psychologist. He said he could not understand me. And he failed to open doors. My reply was , You have the legs cut off my chair. You are looking down on me. He mentioned he had only been told once before. By a woman ! I demanded his chair . And told him . His was now mine. What had I done wrong. I had been injured at work I Walked Out. And refused his future request to go back !

[@stevep6018]

As always hugs to you my friend@@AbigailAwesome69 🤗🤗♥

[@user-rk5me1ek5t]

​@@AbigailAwesome69Shevchenko died. Because he was constantly banned. Pain affected his emotion. Break free Abagail. Or your existence is with out purpose. Come out of your shell. 🐚

[@user-le3ut9gv7q]

Thank you Anna, that was really interesting and what a beautiful painter he was! Slava Ukraini forever!!!👍🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@StephenGlencross-yg4nt]

I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high oe,,r vales and hills , when all at once I saw a crowd , a host of Golden daffodils, beside the lake beneath the tree,s fluttering and dancing in the breeze first verse poem by William Wordsworth 1802

[@StephenGlencross-yg4nt]

​@@AstroGremlinAmericanlast verse charge of the light brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson. When can there glory fade o the wild charge they made! All the world wondered Honour the charge they made , Honour the light brigade. .Noble six hundred.

[@MihaiMarinescuJr]

In România's capital, Bucharest, we have a street and also a statue of Taras Șevcenko. Thank you for the info!

[@drychaf]

I didn't know about his paintings. Very interesting. I enjoyed seeing the Taras Shevchenko monument in L'viv.

[@ColourtheCatPhotography]

In Flanders Field was written by a Canadian - John McCrae

[@taras3702]

Thank you for this amazing video, I think of Taras Shevchenko as the Ukrainian "Patrick Henry," who's battle cry was "Give me Liberty or give me Death!" Slava Ukrainia! I hope I can find a copy of his masterwork Kobzar. And yes, my parents named me after him.

[@lawrencealger3812]

Awesome episode Anna, please more of this! Love the history:-)

[@oorzuis1419]

Wow, Anna great, history is part of the soul of a nation, and what a great example the artist Taras Shevchenko is. thanks after the second WW. this poem was written (I believe it is on our national monument on the dam) but it is something I carry deep in my heart for the people in Ukraine. I will give you the original text. one can translate from Dutch to language at will. Bericht aan de levenden Allen, die hier tesamen zijn, de levenden, de doden, de handbreed, die ons scheidt, is klein, wij zijn tesamen ontboden voor het gericht ... Gedenk de liefste, die hier ligt, de broeder, vriend of vader, maar gun Uw ogen wijder zicht, aanzie het land en alle mens tegader, hoor dit bericht: Wij staan tesaam voor het gericht voor goed of kwaad te kiezen, een volk dat voor tirannen zwicht, zal meer dan lijf en goed verliezen, dan dooft het licht. (Hendrik Mattheus van Randwijk, 1906-1966, dichter, prozaschrijver, verzetsheld, journalist)

[@DawnLevendula]

Poetic justice for Ukraine!

[@Francois-2024]

So well said ! I invite you to see on YT the video called " Ukrainian soldiers ripped off russian propaganda to find this magnificent poem by Shevchenko ! " Many years after ! Have a nice afternoon. See you this evening !💙🌻

[@richardhltrp1791]

💙💛

[@danschweri]

Great video that surely took a lot of work to create, thank you!

[@jojojojo2529]

Thank You, Anna

[@TheLiteraryGroupie]

Thank you, Anna. Great talk about a great hero. Shevchenko was also known for his beautiful singing voice as mentioned by his contemporaries. In Washington D.C. there is a wonderful statue of Shevchenko with his quote from one of his poems, "When will we (Ukraine) have our Washington." This was a statue the Ukrainian diaspora installed in 1964.

[@CollectiveWest1]

Thank you Anna. Very interesting explanation of the talent and importance of Shevchenko. I had not realised that he was also a talented artist - I like his drawings very much.

[@donalddragomatz6315]

Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 Heroyam Slava 🇺🇦 ♥️

[@Francois-2024]

💙🌻❤

[@SomethingBlonde-oc7sc]

❤🤗🇺🇦

[@danieltossounian1962]

Check out Walt Whitman ...he is our American poet. His verse is beautiful and advocates freedom for all people ...

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@AstroGremlinAmerican...yes.everyone has their favourites...Seamus Heaney is a favourite of mine ( as a biased Derry man) ...the Romantic poets are worth a look...or punk poet...John Cooper Clarke

[@danieltossounian1962]

@@AstroGremlinAmerican we see through our own lenses I guess ..I thought his verse was full of love for humanity as well as the environment, meaning in his home in New York

[@loudtim265]

@@eamonnclabby7067 John Cooper Clarke’s work is great ❤. His appearance in “Urg: A Music War” movie was a pleasant surprise back in the day.

[@christopherodonoghue3858]

This is a really good new format.

[@irenec2863]

Thank you, Anna. I always enjoy learning more about the cultural and history of Ukraine, especially as it relates to Taras Shevchenko. 💙💛 🇺🇦

[@edwardsianski725]

Thanks Anna for a great history lesson! Taras would be very proud of people like you! May the Spirit of Shevchenko help to secure Ukraine's freedom from russian aggression and a just peace, with the return of Crimea and all the kidnapped Ukrainian children.

[@hazepennington9303]

Thank you Anna for sharing another great Ukrainian history lesson about your Brave and amazing people,, This story about the great artist Shevcehenko is sad and amazingly interesting in what he had to endure two centuries ago at the hands of a Russian Dictatorship back then and still became known world wide as a one of the greatest Ukrainian artists and Poet and a Patriot,, what a great Ukrainian Hero,, and job well done on this Segment of your channel Anna ,, love it and can't wait for the next one,, SLAVA Ukraine, 🇺🇸 ❤️💙💛🇺🇦

[@plantlord3266]

wonderful history lesson-I will look his work up in library...stay safe anna...

[@redensign9975]

👍🇨🇦🇺🇦♥️

[@walterstewart1927]

Anna and Sasha, this is an excellent tutorial on your national poet!! It is unbelievable that, close to 200 years ago, he was persecuted for his thinking and actions in ways that resonate today! Thank you so much for this excellent labor of love!! Slava Ukraini!! Heroyam slava!! Heroyi ne vmyrayut'!!!!!

[@mathedguy]

A really great report ! Thanks Anna, for bringing your culture to us !

[@alexs3447]

My father hung a picture of him that he brought back from a visit to the Ukraine in 1970 . Only a picture of the last supper also hung in the house . My father claiming that pictures would crack the plaster .never saw a crack though

[@alexs3447]

Yes it is .@@AstroGremlinAmerican