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Taras Shevchenko the Ukraine's Great Poet Remembered
A tribute to Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian poet born 1814 in Morintzy, who led the nation from serfdom through poetry. The piece links his life to Ukraine's emancipation and recalls his imprisonment and eventual death on March 10, 1861, urging study and learning.
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