THE FIRST EDITION OF THE KOBZAR BY Т. G. SHEVCHENKO
It will be true to remark that over its history Ukraine had few poets and writers who would play such a vital role in the establishment of the Ukrainian nation, asT.G. Shevchenko.
Taras Shevchenko. Self-portrait, presented to V. Repnina. 1843
His poetic works, filled with affection to Motherland, respect to its glorious past and compassion to its hardships, have been time-tested and are moving to the future together with our country. Today "The Kobzar" is understood as all poetic works by Shevchenko, i. e. 235 poems. But it has not always been so. Being first released in 1840, "The Kobzar" size was much more modest in volume.
It is also interesting to note that the first edition of T. G. Shevchenko's poetic works was published nearly
