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march 10 1861 february 26 -lrb- age 47 -rrb- t.sh . ukrainian march 9 1814 february 25 1840 -- 1861 taras shevchenko 's signature.gif imperial academy of arts , saint petersburg saint petersburg , russian empire 200px file : taras shevchenko bw.jpg russian empire poet and artist shevchenko in the mid-1800s shevchenko , ukraine national preserve `` taras hill '' , kaniv moryntsi cherkasy oblast , ukraine -rrb- , kiev governorate , russian empire -lrb- now yes = 1847-1857 rank = private unit = orsk fortress -lrb- allegiance 1847-1850 -rrb- new peter fortress -lrb- 1850-1857 -rrb- commands = = battles = 1848 aral expedition 1851 karatau expedition branch = russian imperial army serviceyears kobzar taras shevchenko
 taras Шевче́нко hryhorovych shevchenko ida note a none Тара́с Григо́рович
taras shevchenko

taras hryhorovych shevchenko -lrb- , ; -- -rrb- was a ukrainian poet , writer , artist , public and political figure , as well as folklorist and ethnographer .
his literary heritage is regarded to be the foundation of modern ukrainian literature and , to a large extent , the modern ukrainian language .
shevchenko is also known for many masterpieces as a painter and an illustrator .
he was a member of the sts cyril and methodius brotherhood and an academician of the imperial academy of arts .
in 1847 shevchenko was convicted for writing in ukrainian language , promoting independence of ukraine and ridiculing members of the russian imperial house .
