Taras Shevchenko: A Documentary: 1989

Barcode: 46600020 Call Number: L-SU19 Material Type: Video -VHS Time: 60 min. Language: Ukrainian Description: Shevchenko's Poetry And Diaries. Meticulous Research, Original Documents And Shevchenko's Paintings Capture The Spirit Of The Era. Original Unedited Quotations From Official Imperial Documents Pertaining To The Life And Arrest Of Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian Nineteenth Century Poet And Artist (1814-1861), Born A Serf But Bought From Slavery. The Film Depicts Shevchenko's Years Of Study In The St. Petersburg Imperial Academy Of Arts Of His Growing Criticism Of Injustice, Which Expressed Themselves Ibn His Collection Of Ukrainian Poetry, The Kobzar (The Bard) In 1840. In 1847 Shevchenko Was Arrested, Sentenced To Exile And Banished To The Kirghiz Steppes Until 1857. Tsar Nicholas I Personally Added, "Forbidden To Write And Draw." (Sperkach, 1989) Collection: Language Resource Center