
He was a member of the Society of Ukrainian Progressives. He was one of the founders and the acting editor of Vik publishing house. He worked for various journals: Kievskaia starina (as editor's secretary for many years), Literaturno-naukovyi vistnyk, Zapysky Naukovoho tovarystva im. Vasyl Domanytsky (1877-1910) - a historian, literary scholar, publicist, popularizer, public and political figure brother of Viktor Domanytsky. In 1847 Shevchenko was politically convicted for writing in the Ukrainian language, promoting the independence of Ukraine and ridiculing the members of the Russian Imperial House. He was a member of the Sts Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood and an academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Shevchenko is also known for many masterpieces as a painter and an illustrator. His literary heritage is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and, to a large extent, the modern Ukrainian language. Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861) a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, as well as folklorist and ethnographer. Domanitsky verified the Kobzar's text with Shevchenko's handwritten manuscripts, which were preserved, and also used special literature on the history of the text. The first full-length edition of Kobzar in Russia was at the same time the most definite in the text and corresponded to the most rigorous chronological order of Shevchenko's works. Alexandrof, Russian Orthodox Church." to half-title. Publisher's blue cloth with black ornament and lettering to spine and gilt lettering to front cover small clean tears to half-title and title wear to cover slightly worn hinges the first and the last ten pages are almost detached from the rest of binding very lightly rubbed and soiled owner inscriptions to title owner red and blue stamps "Archbishop Vladimir V.
