ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS ABOUT TARAS SHEVCHENKO HOMELAND

Abstract

Article by Iu. Sokoliuk Archival Documents on the Birthplace of Taras Shevchenko aims to broaden the scientific understanding of locations that are important for the creative development of Taras Shevchenko. An extremely important aspect of the methodological work is the involvement of archival information in the channels of mass and scientific communication, the discussion at seminars and conferences, publication in specialized publications, etc. Archival documents of the 19th century reflect the features of real life of all segments of the population of Russian Impire. In the given intelligence the author directed his efforts to applied research in the archives of Kyiv. The relevance of the intelligence is that the documents are still unknown to the general public. Some archival cases relate to Mr. Paul Engelhardt's estates, whose serfs were the Boyko-Shevchenko families. Of particular interest are cases of abuse of serfs in the village of Kirilovka. This shows that the human tragedies described by Shevchenko have a true historical basis. Summarizing the rich information material collected by renowned Shevchenko scholars, it should be noted that Shevchenko's childhood in a special way influenced the formation of the poet as an artist and as a person. Modern science opens new pages every day. An address to the original sources is an extraordinarily important aspect of modern Shevchenko’s studies. More and more scientists are interested in this topic. Therefore, we conclude that the archival institutions of Ukraine are still an inexhaustible source for studying the historical realities of T. Shevchenko's life and their influence on the writer's work.