The serf-turned-national-poet Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861) and the political theorist Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841–1895) led the growing nationalist movement.
Poeti Taras Shevçenko (1814-1861) dhe teoricieni politik Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841-1895) udhëhoqën lëvizjen nacionaliste në rritje.