Who was Taras Shevchenko?
Ukrainian poet and painter.
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The Aral Sea drawn in exile · 1814–1861
Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861): the aral sea drawn in exile. SketchMap Atlas shows 8 sketches by Taras Shevchenko on the world map, each placed where it was drawn.
Ukrainian poet and painter. Exiled by the Russian authorities in the 1840s, he served in a remote garrison and took part in a survey of the Aral Sea, where he drew the shores and desert. His sketches from exile document the region.
Vydubychi Monastery in Kyiv
Bohdan’s Church in Subotiv
Pochaiv Lavra from the East
Fort Kosaral in Autumn
Schooners near Fort Kosaral at Sunset
Kazakh Settlement on Kosaral Island
Expedition Tent on Barsa-Kelmes Island
Fort Novopetrovsk from the SeaEvery sketch is pinned where it was drawn, so you can follow Taras Shevchenko from place to place.
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Ukrainian poet and painter.
Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Every sketch is shown on the map at the place where it was made.
“Vydubychi Monastery in Kyiv” (1844), “Bohdan’s Church in Subotiv” (1845), “Pochaiv Lavra from the East” (October 1846) and “Fort Kosaral in Autumn” (October 1848) and more. Each one is pinned to the place where it was drawn.
8 sketches by Taras Shevchenko, each shown on the world map at the place where it was drawn.
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