Shevchenko Monument (Ottawa)
| Taras Shevchenko Monument in Ottawa | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
 Taras Shevchenko Monument in Ottawa | |
| For Taras Shevchenko | |
| Unveiled | 26 June 2011 |
| Location | Saint John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine, 952 Green Valley Crescent |
| Designed by | Leo Mol, |
The Ottawa Shevchenko Monument is a bronze and granite monument of Taras Shevchenko,
Ukraine's national poet-bard (1814-1861), folk hero and symbol of Ukraine's identity, that was
unveiled on 26 June 2011 in Ottawa, Ontario.{{ |
url=http://www.infoukes.com/tarasinottawa/monument-unveiling.htm }}
The monument is located the grounds of the Saint John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine, 952
Green Valley Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario.
The Ottawa Shevchenko Monument Committee provides details of the origin, history, construction,
and unveiling ceremony and concert for this national monument on its official website {{ |
url=http://www.infoukes.com/tarasinottawa/ }} and Facebook page. {{|
url=https://www.facebook.com/Taras-Shevchenko-Monument-in-Ottawa-212296838789822/}}
The composition of the monument includes a complex of four items: Taras Shevchenko, and three
bas-relief figures from accompanying the composition. The central monument, sitting on a granite
base approximately 8.5 m (28 ft) high, holds a young version of a standing Taras
Shevchenko. Dressed in a long coat, the fashion at that time, he holds a palette and three
paintbrushes and looks out into the distance. The figure is 3 m (9.8 ft) high and
weighs 630 kg (1,390 lb).
Three shorter bases hold artistic creations from his poetry. One of the bas-relief figures,
standing 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) and weighing 156 kg (344 lb), represents
Haydamaky (referring to Haidamakas) an epic poem of Shevchenko's about the Cossack paramilitary bands that rose up against the szlachta (Polish nobility) in right-bank Ukraine in the 18th-century. The next, Kateryna with child (1.2 m (3 ft 11 in), 163 kg (359 lb)), recalls his early ballad about a Ukrainian girl seduced then abandoned by a Russian - symbolic of the tsarist imposition of serfdom in Ukraine and refers to Shevchenko's painting Kateryna.[1] The last, Banduryst (1.2 m (3 ft 11 in), 156 kg (344 lb)), referring to the Kobzar and Bandura,[2] a traditional Ukrainian stringed musical instrument shaped like a lute.
Nearly 90,000 kg (200,000 lb) of Stanstead grey granite from Quebec, was used to
create the bases for the monument.[3]
The unveiling event included a tree planting ceremony using soil brought from Kaniv,
Ukraine.[4] The monument unveiling in Ottawa was
planned to coincide with the 120 year anniversary of Ukrainian immigration to Canada, 20 years
of Ukrainian independence, and 150 years of Shevchenko's death.
References
- ^ [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/picturedisplay.asp?linkpath=pic\S\H\Shevchenko %20Taras%20Kateryna%201842.jpg Taras Shevchenko: Kateryna (1842)]
- ^ [http://www.infoukes.com/tarasinottawa/monument_en.htm The Composition of the Monument]
- ^ [http://web.archive.org/web/20120320061900/http://www.emcottawawest.ca/20110707/news/Monument+to
+Ukrainian+folk+hero+unveiled "Monument to Ukrainian folk hero unveiled"]. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check|archiveurl=value (help); line feed character in|archiveurl=at position 96 (help) - ^ [http://maidan.org.ua/enwiki/static/news/2011/1309345595.html Відеорепортаж з урочистого відкриття пам'ятника Шевченку в Оттаві]