The village of Shevchenkove near Olshanka is the center of the National Historical and Cultural Reserve "The Motherland of Taras Shevchenko". Located 50 km from Korsun-Shevchenkovsky. Since 1618 it is known as Kerelovka, then Kirillovka. According to one version, it is named after the first settler - the Cossack Cyril. Belonged to the Polish magnates Yablonovsky, the princes Lubomirsky, the Russian prince G. Potemkin. In the XIX century. became the property of the Engelhardt landowners. At this time, the Shevchenko family moved here from Moryntsi. Little Taras lived here until he was 12 years old, then he left P. Engelhardt as a "Cossack". Since that time, only the house of the local clerk has survived, from whom Taras learned to read and write. In 1855 Engelhardt so ...
Taras Shevchenko Literary Memorial Museum
Museum / gallery
Taras Shevchenko's Motherland National Reserve unites three villages in which the future writer spent his childhood: Shevchenkove, Moryntsi, Budyshche. The reserve was established in 1992 on the basis of the Taras Shevchenko Literary Memorial Museum in Shevchenkovo. It was here that Taras's parents' estate was located, where he spent his childhood, and which he repeatedly described in his works. In 1914 the estate was bought by Kyiv cultural figures, and in 1939 a museum was opened here. The parents' house was restored according to Shevchenko's drawings, and the mother's grave was preserved in the garden. The exposition in the main building of the museum recreates the life of Kobzar. His personal belongings, first editions of books, documents, portraits and photographs are presented.
Administrative status | village |
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Founded / first mentioned | 1618 |
Latitude | 49.18842 |
Longitude | 31.100058 |
Region | Cherkasy |