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New study on Shevchenko
We are starting to publish Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article «Regarding the question of the Herzen’s influence on Shevchenko». Today – "1. Shevchenko is better than Herzen."
Walking the path of political and social radicalism, Shevchenko incomparably overcome the "hegemons" of public opinion at that time and indisputably surpassed Herzen’s ideological concept.
New study on Shevchenko
We continue publishing Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "Shevchenko and the Fourierists in the [18]40s" (1930). Today – "4. The influence of the ideas of the Petrashevites on Shevchenko".
For me, it is important to establish only a certain consonance, without guaranteeing at all that there is a distinct "borrowing" here.
New study on Shevchenko
We continue publishing Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "Shevchenko and the Fourierists in the [18]40s" (1930). Today – "3. Ways of influence of the Petrashevites".
The beginning of socialist propaganda in St. Petersburg seems to fall on the years 1843-1845, which was marked by the sharp revolutionary rise of Shevchenko.
New monument of Shevchenko
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A photo of a monument in Fort Shevchenko (Kazakhstan; 1997) was added to the gallery of monuments of Shevchenko. |
New study on Shevchenko
We continue publishing Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "Shevchenko and the Fourierists in the [18]40s" (1930). Today – "2. Petrashevtsi among Shevchenko’s acquaintances."
What was the relationship between Roman Romanovych Strandman, an early Petrashevite, a keen reader of socialist literature and an employee of the socialist "Dictionary", with Taras Shevchenko?
New study on Shevchenko
We are starting to publish Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "Shevchenko and the Fourierists in the [18]40s" (1930). Today – "1. Shevchenko and the Socialists".
I would like to develop the thesis of my previous review of Shevchenko’s entourage, paying close attention to the Petrashevski’s group.
New study on Shevchenko
We continue publishing Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "Petersburg Entourage of Young Shevchenko" (1930). Today – "5. Fourierists among Shevchenko’s acquaintances".
Shevchenko is undoubtedly familiar with the theoretical problem of socialism and communism, of course, in the uncritical forms of the pre-Marx period; we have direct references to this in his works.
New study on Shevchenko
We continue publishing Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "Petersburg Entourage of Young Shevchenko" (1930). Today – "4. Writers are acquaintances of Shevchenko."
This fact increased the number of declassified noble intellectuals who distanced themselves from the interests of their class and settled permanently in the city.
New study on Shevchenko
We continue publishing Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "Petersburg Entourage of Young Shevchenko" (1930). Today – "3. Shevchenko as a reader."
Shevchenko is a stubborn and attentive reader, a constant researcher who wants to understand the problems of life time and time again.
New study on Shevchenko
We continue publishing Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "Petersburg Entourage of Young Shevchenko" (1930). Today – "2. Lack of sources".
Shevchenko was not interested in memoirists: memoirs about him were written by those lordlings-Ukrainophiles who were far from Shevchenko’s revolutionary position.
New study on Shevchenko
We are starting to publish Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "Petersburg Entourage of Young Shevchenko" (1930). Today – "1. Underestimation of the importance of socialists".
Therefore, it is necessary to finally bury this populist-Ukrainophile legend about the romantic intuitionism of Shevchenko’s work.
New study on Shevchenko
We finish publishing Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "The Current State of Shevchenko Studies" (1930). Today – "7. Popularization of Shevchenko".
Modern Shevchenko studies does not at all consider itself to be some kind of "academic", cabinet science, which is far from the cultural demands of the working and peasant masses.
New study on Shevchenko
We continue publishing Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "The Current State of Shevchenko Studies" (1930). Today – "6. Shevchenko is an artist and novelist."
Modern Shevchenko studies broadly embraces Shevchenko’s heritage, which is precious to us, but even on the main lines of this work we have not yet reached firm and indisputable conclusions.
New study on Shevchenko
We continue publishing Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "The Current State of Shevchenko Studies" (1930). Today – "5. Study of literary influences".
We cannot forget the opposite question, which has been very little developed in relation to Shevchenko: the influence of the Ukrainian poet on other literatures, as well as on the Ukrainian literary tradition.
New study on Shevchenko
We continue publishing Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "The Current State of Shevchenko Studies" (1930). Today – "4. Study of poetic style".
We know very little about Shevchenko the poet, the specifics of his work have not been studied for a long time, and the social conditioning of his stylistic contours has not been revealed.
New study on Shevchenko
We continue publishing Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "The Current State of Shevchenko Studies" (1930). Today – "3. Textological studies".
Now there is no objection to the fact that seriously studying the possessions of a poet, novelist, publicist or historian is possible only when a certain text of his works has been established.
New study on Shevchenko
We continue publishing Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "The Current State of Shevchenko Studies" (1930). Today – "2. Study of the biography of Shevchenko".
There is still too much work in the line of biographical research. The period of checking and ascertaining the facts has not yet passed.
New study on Shevchenko
We continue publishing Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "The Current State of Shevchenko Studies" (1930). Today – "1. Research of the Shevchenko era".
And only in recent years we have seen several works that clearly show us specific features from the Shevchenko era and from the Shevchenko area.
New study on Shevchenko
We are starting to publish Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s article "The Current State of Shevchenko Studies" (1930). Today – "[Introduction]".
But, one thing is certain, there is a colossal difference between our Soviet Shevchenko studies and the Shevchenko studies for which foreign writers campaign.
New study on Shevchenko
We are starting to publish Oleksandr Doroshkevich’s book "Studies on Shevchenko" (1930). Today – "From the author".
Methodologically, this collection is still of a "transitional age", but some of my theses will be useful to the future researcher who will be able to look once again at Shevchenko’s entire work with a synthetic eye.
Schematic map of the Aral expedition of 1848-1849
The schematic map of the Aral expedition of 1848-1849 is now published.
Travels of Taras Shevchenko
194 places where Taras Shevchenko stayed in 1814-1861 are plotted on the Google Maps topographic map.
Annual report 2023
Annual report of the website «T.H.Shevchenko» for the 2023 year – 1 225 thousands visitors.
Annual report 2022
Annual report of the website «T.H.Shevchenko» for the 2022 year – 1 099 thousands visitors.
Annual report 2021
Annual report of the website «T.H.Shevchenko» for the 2021 year is now published – 1 082 thousands visitors.
New monument of Shevchenko
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A photo of a monument in Mykolaiv (Lviv region; 1992) was added to the gallery of monuments of Shevchenko. |
New monument of Shevchenko
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A photo of a monument in Rudnyky (Lviv region; 1965) was added to the gallery of monuments of Shevchenko. |
Annual report
Annual report on site operation in 2020 now is published.
Annual report of the website «T.H.Shevchenko» for the 2020 year – 884 thousands visitors.
New monument of Shevchenko
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A photo of a monument in Kyiv (Voznesensky descent, 20; 1964) was added to the gallery of monuments of Shevchenko. |
Annual report
Annual report 2019 is published.
Annual report of the website «T.H.Shevchenko» for the 2019 year – 815 thousands visitors.
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New monument of Shevchenko
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A photo of a monument in Zhydachiv, Lviv region (1992) was added to the gallery of monuments of Shevchenko. |
Annual report
Annual report 2018 is published.
Annual report of the website «T.H.Shevchenko» for the 2018 year – 731 thousands visitors.