Among the immortal classics of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko has taken a high and very special place. Without exaggeration, he became a kind of icon for Ukrainians, a prophet who showed us the thorny path to the future through fire and struggle. In his poems, he captured all the pain, thoughts, feelings, history, and experience of his people, skillfully expressing them in sensual verse that resonates in the hearts of his descendants through the ages. https://univd.edu.ua/uk/news/19116