Window on America centerDnipropetrovsk2014

“

Do you know where the modern Kobzar’s Memorial is situated?

When I die, then make my grave

High on an ancient mound,In my own beloved Ukraine,In steppepland without

bound:Whence one may see

wide-skirted wheatland,Dnipro’s steep-cliffed shore,There whence one may hear the

blusteringRiver wildly roar. “

Translator – Vira Rich

Dnipropetrovsk local lore historian

Dmytro Synytsia analyzed the “My

Testament” text and has his own hypothesis

NOT “ в могилі” , BUT “на могилі” .WHAT is this object ?

“MOHYLA”-is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave of Scythian nobility in Dnipro river valley

“Дніпро ревучий”

“Roaring Dnipro”could be foundonly in the river

section with rapids

Rapids are characterized by the river becoming shallower with some rocks exposed above the flow surface.

The plan of rapids on Dnipro River

between Dnipropetrovsk and Khortizia island

The biggest rapid’s name was

“INSATIABLE”It was located in

Dnipro-petrovsk region(Vasylivka – Mykilske na Dnipri )

“Ревучий” was the older name of the “Insatiable” rapid

Outstanding historianDmytro Javornytskyjquoted the local dwellers: «Вода так ревела и грохотала

по камням, что этот шум был слышен за несколько километров».

Even after submersion the Insatiable’s voice can be heard

from under the water on quiet nights

Zaporizhja kossacks used the mounds to guard their territories

In 1843 29y.o. Shevchenko visited Yekaterinoslav.

For 2 months he traveled on foot visiting former Cossack villages – Old Kodak and New Kodak,

He walked all the way along the Dnipro’s bank to the rapids

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Малюнок “Село на Орілі”, див. http://pokrlib.at.ua/publ/slov_janskij_centr/do_200_richchja_vid_dnja_narodzhennja_t_g_shevchenka/shevchenko_i_pridniprov_ja/30-1-0-152

Dmytro Synytsia suggests to erect a memorial sign in Vasylivka-na-Dnipri

http://www.day.kiev.ua/uk/article/kultura/dnipropetrovci-proponuyut-vstanoviti-memorialniy-znak-u-seli-vasilivka-na-dnipri

http://uanews.dp.ua/culture/2013/05/27/8144.html

Dnirpoterovsk regional authorities

constructed an artificial waterfall as an imitation of the “Roaring Insatiable”

37 monuments to T. Shevchenko 3 parks named after him 2 Ukrainian drama theatres – in Dnipropetrovsk

and Kryvyj Rig City Library and a Cinema of Dniprodzerzhinsk 2 high schools ( Marganets and Lozuvatka) House of Culture (Pidhorodnie). Farming company in Kryvyj Rig region