National shrine of the Ukrainian people , a place of worship of outstanding memory of the poet- prophet of Taras Shevchenko. Probably on this mountain in the XI century. was founded Kanevsky cave monastery . In the mid- XIX, visiting these places, Shevchenko wants to buy land here to build a mansion , but his plans were not realized.After his death in St. Petersburg, Shevchenko was first buried in the Smolensk cemetery , however, at the insistence of the public, May 10, 1861 the coffin of the poet was taken to Kanev. According to the will , he was buried on a high Dnieper steeper, which has since been called Taras Hill. At the tomb mound was poured and a cross .The museum is open Svetlitsa Tarasova in the former home of the grave keeper Igor Yadlovskogo . In 1925, Shevchenko National Park was created in Kanev . In 1939 he established the largest monument in Ukraine Shevchenko, built a staircase of 342 steps to the fountain lily . In 2010, after years of restoration opened the literary- memorial museum of Taras Shevchenko.
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