1 ruble 1989, Soviet Union, Taras Shevchenko proof
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Тарас Григорович Шевченко, Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko), ( March 9 1814 - March 10 1861) was a Ukrainian poet, artist and humanist. His literary heritage is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and, to a large extent, the modern Ukrainian language. Shevchenko also wrote in Russian and left many masterpieces as a painter and an illustrator.
