Taras. Povernennya

Istoriya pro nayvelychnishoho heniya Ukrayiny — Tarasa SHevchenka! TSe istoriya pro naytyazhchi myti zhyttya heniya ukrayins′koho narodu, yaka daye vidpovid′ na vazhlyve zapytannya: kym naspravdi buv nayvelychnishyy poet Ukrayiny — kam’yanym symvolom chy vse zh taky lyudynoyu z ploti y krovi, yaka shukaye spivchuttya, pidtrymky, druzhby, rozuminnya, kochannya? Vidirvanyy vid ridnoyi zemli, pryrechenyy na tyazhku soldats′ku sluzhbu v Novopetrovs′kiy fortetsi u kolonizovanych Rosiys′koyu imperiyeyu zemlyach Kazachstanu... Sim rokiv poneviryan′ ta muk, koly ne mozhna bulo vil′no tvoryty, a dovodylosya nemovby krasty myti natchnennya, chovayuchys′ vid nahlyadachiv, chovayuchys′ vid samoho sebe… A potim zvil′nennya. Zdavalosya b, naystrashnishe vzhe pozadu. Odnak tse zvil′nennya stalo lyshe chastynoyu chytroyi politychnoyi schemy, u tsentri yakoyi opynyvsya SHevchenko. CHy mih vin znaty, yakoyu tsinoyu yoho bude zvil′neno z tiyeyi katorhy? I navischo rosiys′kyy tsar vertaye yomu udavanu svobodu.