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Due to the 100th Anniversary of Shevchenko birth, in 1914, the Russian government dispatched gendarmes and cossacks to prevent pilgrimage to the burial. |
Due to the 100th Anniversary of Shevchenko birth, in 1914, the Russian government dispatched gendarmes and cossacks to prevent pilgrimage to the burial. |
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Since 1923 the hill was part of the [[Kaniv Nature Reserve|Kaniv Nature Preserve]]. In 1926 the special Kaniv Museum-Preserve of Shevchenko |
Since 1923 the hill was part of the [[Kaniv Nature Reserve|Kaniv Nature Preserve]]. In 1926 there was created the special Kaniv Museum-Preserve of Shevchenko. In 1939 a Russian sculptor [[Matvey Manizer]] (architect Yevgeniy Levinson) created the bronze statue that along with newly built museum building built by Ukrainian architects [[Vasyl Krychevsky]] and [[Petro Kostyrko]] became the main features of the location. |
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It was on the Taras Hill that [[Oleksa Hirnyk]] burned himself to death in protest of [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] suppression of the Ukrainian language, culture and history in 1978.<ref>''Crimes of Communism Against Ukraine And Her People, Art Ukraine web-site''</ref> It happened on the 60th anniversary of the initial declaration of Ukrainian independence in 1918. |
It was on the Taras Hill that [[Oleksa Hirnyk]] burned himself to death in protest of [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] suppression of the Ukrainian language, culture and history in 1978.<ref>''Crimes of Communism Against Ukraine And Her People, Art Ukraine web-site''</ref> It happened on the 60th anniversary of the initial declaration of Ukrainian independence in 1918. |