To the day of the reburial of Taras Shevchenko

Taras Shevchenko's last trip to Ukraine did not bypass Chernihiv Oblast. Nowadays, chapels and memorial signs remind of this sad event. Numerous monuments of T.G. Cities and villages of our region are decorated with Shevchenko. Attempts were made to perpetuate the memory of the Great Kobzar back in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The museum meeting was dedicated to the efforts of our compatriots in this noble cause 22 May 2024 Dr..

It was about Vasyl Vasyliovych Tarnovskyi, whose admiration for the life and work of Taras Hryhorovych gave us today the opportunity to see the variety of his famous Shevchenkiana, which included more than a thousand exhibits. Thanks to this benefactor, the poet appeared at the grave of the poet in Kanev 1884 year, the first artistic monument, the project of which was developed by Vasyl Tarnovsky himself together with the architect Viktor Sychugovy. The cast iron ornamented cross with Shevchenko's bas-relief was cast at the Termena plant in Kyiv at the customer's own expense.

The poet's monument is considered the first in Ukraine, which appeared thanks to the famous pedagogue and public figure Khrystyna Alchevska, who was born in the city of Borzna in the Chernihiv region. It was executed by the outstanding sculptor Volodymyr Beklemishev. Bust of white Italian marble c 1899 established on the estate of the Alchevsky family, who lived in Kharkiv at that time.

An interesting story is connected with the appearance of the bust of T. Shevchenko in Sednev. He installed it in his estate 1903 (1904?) year Fedir Andriyovych Lyzogub, who headed the Poltava Provincial Land Administration at that time. The work of the famous sculptor Fyodor Balavenskyi, after transfer to the center of the town, was destroyed during the Second World War.