Taras Shevchenko was an influential Ukrainian poet who is commemorated around the world. He was influenced by English writers like Shakespeare, Defoe, Walter Scott, Jonathan Swift, Robert Burns, and George Byron. The first article about Shevchenko appeared in an English newspaper in 1877. Today there are over 1200 monuments to Shevchenko worldwide, including places in the UK, US, Canada, and Ukraine. Organizations like the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US and the Taras Shevchenko Museum in Toronto work to promote Shevchenko's works and legacy internationally on important anniversaries like his 200th birthday.

1. TARAS SHEVCHENKO IN THE
ENGLISN-SPEAKING WORLD

2. WORLD COMMEMORATES
TARAS SHEVCHENKO’S
ANNIVERSARY IN 2014

3. Shevchenko’s favourite writer was
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
• The poet
created two
drawings to
Shakespeare’s
tragedy ‘King
Lear’ in 1843.

4. THE POET ESPECIALLY
APPRECIATED AND LOVED
DANIEL DEFOE (1660-
1731) “ROBINSON CRUSOE”

5. `
TARAS SHEVCHENKO
KNEW AND SHOWED HIS
INTERESTS TO THE GREAT
ENGLISH NOVELISTS
WALTER SCOTT
(1771-1834)
JONATHAN SWIFT
(1667-1745)
ROBERT BURNS
(1759-1796)
GEORGE BYRON
(1788-1824)

6. THE FIRST ARTICLE
ABOUT UKRAINIAN
POET
APPEARED IN
ENGLAND IN 1877 IN
THE LITERARY WEEKLY
PAPER
‘ ALL THE YEAR
ROUND’ , WHICH WAS
PUBLISHED
BY CHARLES
DICKENS,THE JR.

7. Nowadays the
Association of
Ukrainians in
Great Britain
is the largest
representative body
of Ukrainians.

8. In honor of the
200th
anniversary
of Ukrainian poet
Taras Shevchenko on
October 15,
2013 the Central
Alley at Sedgwick
Site in Cambridge
University was
named
TARAS
SHEVCHENKO
WAY.

9. THE SHEVCHENKO’S MUSEUM IN
TORONTO, CANADA
•
•
The
missi
on is:
•the
art,
life
and
liter
ary

10. THE CELEBRATION OF THE 200TH
ANNIVERSARY IN TORONTO, CANADA
A major
Shevchenko
book will be
published
by the Taras
Shevchenko
Museum in
Toronto.

11. UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF
AMERICANEW YORK THE USA

14. TO THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE UKRAINIAN BARD
BY THE SHEVCHENKO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY IN THE
USA

15. The Society is preparing a Jubilee
Project which includes publication of
Shevchenko's works and new
Shevchenko scholarship.

16. THERE ARE MORE THAN 1200 MONUMENTS TO
TARAS SHEVCHENKO IN UKRAINE AND ALL OVER
THE WORLD

17. TARAS SHEVCHENKO’S STATUE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
were
install
ed not
only
all

18. TARAS SHEVCHENKO’S MONUMENT IN
WINNIPEG, CANADA

19. THE MONUMENT TO UKRANIAN
BARD IN OTTAWA, CANADA