Taras Shevchenko Monument (Washington, DC)
Coordinates: 38 ° 54 ′ 36 " N , 77 ° 2 ′ 56" W.
The Taras Shevchenko Memorial ( English Taras Shevchenko Memorial ) in Washington, DC was built in memory of the Ukrainian national poet Taras Shevchenko in the Dupont Circle district of the American capital.
On 27 June 1964, was largely by exiled Ukrainians as Lev Dobriansky ( Лев Добрянський Lew Dobrjanskyj ) and Roman Smal Stozkyj ( Роман Степанович Смаль-Стоцький ) initiated, monument by former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the presence of about 35,000 People of Ukrainian descent, the Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archepark of Philadelphia Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, as well as numerous prominent citizens.
Commissioned on July 14, 1962 , the bronze statue by Ukrainian-Canadian sculptor Leo Mol ( Leonid Molodozhanin ; 1915-2009) is approximately 14 feet (4.3 meters) high and stands on a roughly 7 feet (2nd floor ) , 1 meter) high granite base .
Web links
- Pictures of the memorial on dcmemorials.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Shevchenko in Washington in Ukrainian week number 10 (175) / 2011 of March 11, 2011; accessed on August 15, 2018 (Ukrainian)
- ^ "Washington Statue of Ukrainian Hero Dedicated By Ike," in The Milwaukee Journal , June 27, 1964; accessed on August 15, 2018
- ^ "Shevchenko Memorial - A" New Statue of Liberty "- Unveiled in Washington by General Eisenhower in solemn ceremonies" (PDF) in The Ukrainian Weekly of July 3, 1964; accessed on August 15, 2018
- ↑ Cannon, Angela; Leich, Harry (June 9, 2009). "Slavic and Central European Sights of Interest: Washington, DC and Vicinity". European Reading Room The Library of Congress; accessed on August 15, 2018
- ↑ Taras Shevchenko, (sculpture) , Art inventories catalog ; accessed on August 15, 2018