Statue of Taras Shevchenko (Warsaw)
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- Anatolij Kuszcz (statue)
- Baltazar Brukalski (pedestal)
 The monument in 2017. | |
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| Location | Shevchenko Square, Mokotów, Warsaw, Poland |
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| Coordinates | 52°12′41.79″N 21°01′24.48″E / 52.2116083°N 21.0234667°E |
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| Type | Statue |
| Material | Bronze |
| Height | 5.1 m |
| Opening date | 13 March 2002 |
| Dedicated to | Taras Shevchenko |
The statue of Taras Shevchenko (Polish: Pomnik Tarasa Szewczenki; Ukrainian: Пам'ятник Тарасові Шевченку, romanized: Pam'yatnyk Tarasovi Shevchenku) is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, located within the Old Mokotów neighbourhood. It is placed at the Shevchenko Square, at the corner of Goworka, Chocimska, and Spacerowa Streets. The monument has a form of a bronze statue, dedicated to Taras Shevchenko, a 19th-century poet, writer, and political activist. It was designed by Anatolij Kuszcz and Baltazar Brukalski, and unveiled on 13 March 2002.
The statue was designed by Anatolij Kuszcz, while its pedestal and surroundings, by Baltazar Brukalski. The monument was dedicated to Taras Shevchenko, a 19th-century poet, writer, and political activist, commemorating his visit to Warsaw in 1830. It was proposed by Dmytro Pavlychko, the ambassador of Ukraine in Poland, and financed by the Association of Ukrainians in Poland, Kyiv City Council, Lviv Oblast administration, and the embassy of Ukraine in Poland. The installation of the statue and construction of its pedestal and surroundings were financed by companies Edbud and Edbud Lviv.[1]
The monument was unvailed on 13 March 2002, by Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, the Prime Minister of Poland, and Anatoliy Zlenko, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.[1][2] Prior to this, on 10 October 2000, a commemorative plaque dedicated to Shevchenko, was unvailed on one of the houses near the square, which was then named in his honour.[2]
The monument was realised with an agreement between the governments of Poland and Ukraine, as part of which, a statue of Juliusz Słowacki, a 19th-century poet and writer, and a major figure in the Polish Romantic period, was unvailed in Kyiv in 2012.[3]
In 2004, an orange scarf was wrapped around the statue, as an act of support for the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, and in 2014, it was decorated with flags of Poland and Ukraine, during the Euromaidan demonstrations.[4]
