Taras Shevchenko - Winnipeg MB
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PeterNoG
N 49° 53.086 W 097° 08.908
14U E 633006 N 5527462
This Statue of an Historic Figure is on the west lawn of the Manitoba Legislative Building at 450 Broadway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMKPKC
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 05/12/2014
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Taras Shevchenko was the National Poet of Ukraine and a champion
of justice and freedom for all.
The bronze statue by New York sculptor Andrew Dragan assisted by Winnipeg sculptor Roman Kowal was dedicated on July 9, 1971.
The statue shows Taras Shevchenko seated. He is wearing a suit with an overcoat draped over his shoulders. His right hand is resting on his right knee and his left hand is resting on an open book that is sitting on his left knee.
On the front of the stone base of the statue is the inscription 'Taras Shevchenko'. Embedded in the front and two sides of the base is a bronze relief showing mostly men with some women, mostly standing with some sitting. Some are bound.
On the back of the base is a bilingual (English/Ukrainian) bronze plaque.
~ text from the plaque ~
Taras Shevchenko
3. 9. 1814 - 3. 10. 1861
National Poet of Ukraine, Champion
of justice and freedom for all
He revived and inspired a nation
downtrodden by oppression -
and his fearless appeal
to right and truth
speaks as eloquently in our time
as it did in his.
Erected by the Ukrainian Canadian Community to commemorate
centenary of poet's death.
July, 1961. Ukrainian Canadian Committee
70th Anniversary of Ukrainian Settlement in Canada.
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