Taras Shevchenko

Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (; was born 25 February 1814 (9 March New Style), Moryntsi, and died February 26 1861 (March 10, New Style), St. Petersburg. He was a Ukrainian poet, writer (playwright, prose writer), artist (painter, engraver), public and political figure.
Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1860).