What the Shevchenko days reminded of

The March Shevchenko Days reminded of the project, which Chernihiv Historical Museum named after VV. Tarnowski prepared together with the publishing house "Bogdan" in 2012 year, - guidebook "In the ways of Taras Shevchenko. Chernihiv region ». It was a surprisingly interesting work with friends and like-minded people. Director of the publishing house Borys Loginov and his deputy Svitlana Khikhlushko, museum staff Svetlana Polovnikova, Natalia Samokhina and Lyudmila Linyuk made a lot of efforts to do so, to make the publication a real guide to the Shevchenko places of Chernihiv region.

The guide tells about cities, towns and villages of Chernihiv region and settlements, that at the time of their visits by Taras Shevchenko, were part of the Chernihiv province; about Chernihiv residents, who became sincere friends of Kobzar and prototypes of some heroes of his works. Diary entries were used to write the essays, notes, листи, твори Т.Г. Shevchenko, memories of his acquaintances and eyewitnesses. It contains information about historical and monumental art monuments in Chernihiv region, related to life, creativity and stay of Taras Shevchenko; about Chernihiv residents - winners of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine. The publication is illustrated above 1000 світлин. As a popular science publication, the book has a name index and an appendix - memories of Taras Shevchenko. As a guide - tips for travelers, who can make their routes from Kiev and Chernihiv.

The advisor was to launch an all-Ukrainian series "In the Ways of Taras Shevchenko", but, sorry for, it was limited to two editions - in 2013 The book “In the Ways of Taras Shevchenko. Kyiv region » (https://choim.org/у-чернігівському-історичному-музеї-п/).

The creative work of the author's team was continued in two exhibition initiatives, які втілив Чернігівський історичний музей імені В.В. Тарновського як певну післямову до путівника: traveling exhibitions "Chernihiv roads of Kobzar" (https://choim.org/у-чернігівському-історичному-музеї-в/) and "They inspired Shevchenko" (https://choim.org/вони-надихали-шевченка). The exhibitions attended many events in Chernihiv, Chernihiv region and Kyiv: in 2015 were exhibited at the International Shevchenko Holiday "In a free family, new » (https://choim.org/шевченківський-тиждень-у-чернігівсь/) and in Pryluky, 2016 year - in Kiev during the annual meeting of the Chernihiv fellowship (https://choim.org/земляки-чернігівці-мандрували-черн/), 2017 Sosnytsia met the project in (https://choim.org/лекція-шевченко-і-чернігівщина-у-со/), and later Snovsk. Today both exhibitions are presented in Sedniv's "Estate of the Lyzohub family" - a branch of the museum.

Прикро, that the guide did not go on sale, and dispersed to libraries, and therefore those wishing to travel the Tarasov trails of our region could not use it.

Time passes… Svitlana Borysivna Khikhlushko went to school. Bogdan Publishing House Stops Active Work, who managed to publish a lot of interesting books and implement some good publishing ideas. One of them - "Guide Chernihiv region" (2009 р.), Chernihiv Historical Museum named after VV actively joined its creation. Tarnovsky.

Nateper, when the intensification of the work of the authorities in the field of tourism becomes new, it would be nice to mention the guide "In the Ways of Taras Shevchenko. Chernihiv Region ”and give him a second one, real, the life of a guide - a guide for travelers, develop routes and update and add information.

Sergey Laevsky