The year 1961 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ukraine’s best known poet, artist, and thinker, Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814-1861). The centenary of his death was marked in 1964. These dates were commemorated in both Soviet Ukraine as well as the Diaspora. As such, the early 1960s was a period that witnessed many publications and translations of Shevchenko's artistic oeuvre, including prints, commemorative stamps and envelopes, embroidery, and collectible ephemera, as well as a sharp rise in arts and crafts depicting the Great Bard in wood, stone and clay. Even monuments were erected to the great Ukrainian poet and humanist in the various capitals of the free world wherever Ukrainians immigrated in large numbers. The Photo Gallery below depicts several of these artifacts.
| Column 1 Monuments | Column 2 Prints, Books, Statue, Stamps | Column 3 More Collectibles |
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Winnipeg, Canada July 9, 1961
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1961 Kyiv, Ukrainian S.S.R.
Painter I. N..Kramskoi |  |
Washington DC., USA August 31, 1960
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1958, Kyiv, Ukrainian S.S.R.
Painter L. Koshtelianchuk | 
1961 USSR Taras Shevchenko medal commemorating 100 years since his death
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Curitiba, Brazil, 1967
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1961, Kyiv, Ukrainian S.S.R.
Painter M. Bozhiy "Думи мої, думи.../Thoughts of mine") | 
1961 taras shevchenko diaspora centenary pins/buttons
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Moscow, Russia June 10, 1964
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1961. Kyiv, Little Kobzar.
Selected Poems for Children,
State Publisher of Children's
Literature, Ukr. S.S.R. | 
1960s Taras Shevchenko Soviet Ukraine wooden pin and steel pin
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Buenos-Aires, Argentina December 5, 1971
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1961 T.H. Shevchenko. Testament.
In The Languages Of The World.
Academy of Ukr.SSR Sciences
Publishers
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1960s taras shevchenko soviet Ukraine wooden plaques
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Rome, Italy, 1973
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Kobzar.
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1960s Dnipropetrovsk Soviet Ukraine Taras Shevchenko Vintage Table Perpetual Calendar
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Encarnación, Paraguay 1970s
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1962. New York. Taras Shevchenko.
Malyj Kobzar. Selected Works for
children with images. Howerla Publishers
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1964 Ukrainian Diaspora Taras Shevchenko Metal Statue Souvenir Washington D.C.
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Warsaw, Poland March 2002
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1960s.Taras Shevchenko Statue.
8x11x12 inches. Soviet Ukraine.
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1961 Soviet Ukrainian Publication
"The Artist" Taras Shevchenko
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Ottawa, Canada June 26,2011
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1961 1963 and 1964 Postcard Series Taras_Shevchenko Covers during Soviet Union
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Photo Credits below:
All Photos taken by the author except where indicated.
Washington DC Photo by Carol M. Highsmith from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taras_Shevchenko_Memorial_in_Dupont_Circle.jpg Curitiba Brazil Photo from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_Taras_Shevchenko#/media/File:Taras_Shevtchenko.JPG Moscow, Russia Photo from Photo from: www.dorogomilovo.ru
Buenos-Aires, Argentina Photo by Alan Grant, http://www.pbase.com
Rome, Italy Photo by Taras Strypko, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taras_Shevchenko_monument_in_Rome.JPG
Encarnación, Paraguay Photo by Pablo D. Flores from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taras_Shevchenko_Encarnaci%C3%B3n.jpg
Warsaw, Poland Photo by Grzegorz Bociański from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pomnik_T._Szewczenki_Warszawa_2.JPG
Row 6 Cell 3: 1960s Dnipropetrovsk Soviet Ukraine Taras Shevchenko Vintage Table Perpetual Calendar photo by ebay yug33rpm
Row 7 Cell 3: 1964 Ukrainian Diaspora Taras Shevchenko Metal Statue Souvenir Washington DC ebay photo by flea4all
Row 8 Cell 3: 1961 Soviet Ukrainian Publication The Artist Taras Shevchenko ebay photo by alexeydnepr83
Row 9 Cell 3 1961 (top left and right), 1963 (bottom left) and 1964 (bottom right) Postcard Series Taras_Shevchenko Covers during Soviet Union photo by filpersonaru Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko Prints from Personal Collection.
Column 2 Row 1. 1961, Painter I. N..Kramskoi, Published by Ministry of Culture Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Kyiv, Editor K. Ivashynina.22,000 copies. Clear image obtained from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taras_Shevchenko_-_portrait_by_Ivan_Kramskoi.jpg. There is a smaller sized print copy published by the same Ministry in 1960 with 30,000 copies printed.
Column 2 Row 2 1958 Painter L. Koshtelianchuk, Published by Ministry of Culture Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Kyiv. 35,000 copies printed. A. Kozhukhov Editor.
Column 2 Row 3 1961. Painter M. Bozhiy. (25,000 copies). "Думи мої, думи мої" (Thoughts of mine"). Editor K. Ivashynina, State Publisher of Art Works Music Literature, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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| T.H. Shevchenko. Late 1950s, early 1960s Prints, Personal Collection from Ihor Cap
Books from Personal Collection
Column 2 Row 4. Малий Кобзар, Вибрані поезії для дітей, [Little Kobzar. Selected Poems for Children.], Державне видавництво дитячої літератури, Київ, 1961.
Column 2 Row 5. 1961 Т.Г. Шевченко. Заповіт. мовами народів світу. [T.H. Shevchenko. Testament. In The Languages Of The World. ] Academy of Ukr.SSR Sciences Publishers photo by Ihor Cap. Column 2 Row 6. 1961. Winnipeg. Тарас Шевченко. Кобзар. [Taras Shevchenko. Kobzar]. Jubilee Edition 1861 - 1961. Ukrainian Free Academy Of Sciences. Institute Of Shevchenkology. No. 5. Edited by J. B. Rudnyc'kyj. Photo by Ihor Cap Column 2 Row 7: 1962. Taras Shevchenko. Малий Кобзар. Вибір для дітей з образками. [Malyj Kobzar. Selected Works for children with images]. Howerla Publishers. Other Collectibles from Personal Collection Column 2 Row 8: 1960s.Taras Shevchenko Statue. 8x11x12 inches. Photo by Ihor Cap Column 2 Row 9: 1964 Taras Shevchenko USSR stamps series Photo by alexruss-2008 ebay Column 3 Row 1: 1961 USSR Stamp Shevchenko CPA 2551 Scanned and processed by A. Sdobnikov Personal collection Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Column 3 Row 2: USSR medal 100 Years Since the Death of Taras Shevchenko 1961 LMD / N114 photo by vphan54 on ebay Column 3 Row 3: 1961 taras shevchenko diaspora centenary pins/buttons photo by ihor cap Column 3 Row 4: 1960s Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian SSR wooden pin and steel pin Photo by Ihor Cap Column 3 Row 5: 1960s taras shevchenko ukraine ssr wooden plaques photo by ihor cap
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Ihor Cap is a Slavic Studies graduate from the University of Ottawa and a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in Canada.
