Today's episode is about Taras Shevchenko - a poet, writer, artist, and prominent public figure. His literary heritage is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and to some degree the modern Ukrainian language. Today, he is the bard of Ukraine and sometimes is referred to as a prophet. All this, yet he was born a serf. He and his poetry is more than relevant - always. * "Taras Shevchenko! One person was enough to save an entire nation." - Ostap Vyshnya * Full Version of Taras Shevchenko's "The Caucasus" is available here: https://taras-shevchenko.storinka.org/the-%D1%81aucasus-poem-of-taras-shevchenko-ukrainian-to-english-translation-by-vera-rich.html * I highly recommend reading all of Taras Shvchenko's poetry in his collection "Kobzar"! * The music in the episode is "Elegy in Memory of Shevchenko" by the wonderful Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko and "Medley of Shevchenko's Works" by Yaroslav Dzhus.