"Taras Shevchenko in St. Petersburg"

1999, National Television Company of Ukraine. Documentary film ‘Taras Shevchenko in St. Petersburg.’

In the video, People's Artist of Ukraine Valery Ivchenko talks about the life and work of Taras Shevchenko during his time in St. Petersburg: his acquaintance with artists Ivan Soshenko and Alexander Grigorievich, his redemption from serfdom, his studies at the Academy of Arts, his first collection ‘Kobzar,’ and the arrest of the Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood. Footage of St. Petersburg; the house where Shevchenko lived; the Alley of Statues, where he often painted; paintings created during that time.