Довголітній хранитель Шевченкової могили (до 160-річчя від дня народження І.О. Ядловського)

Abstract

I. Yadlovskyj looked after the grave of Taras Shevchenko, a genius Ukrainian poet and artist, for almost half a century. He lived in one of the rooms of the house built near Shevchenko’s grave in 1884. He looked after the poet's first museum (Tarasova Svitlytsya) with devotion as well. This museum was founded due to V. Gnylosyrov in the remaining part of the house where the grave's watchman lived. I. Yadlovskyj died in the year of artificial famine of 1933. He was buried not far from T. Shevchenko’s grave.