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"The book tells the story of Mykhailo Havrylko, a sculptor, artist, poet, creator and leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, rebel ataman. His fate is closely connected with the fate of Ukrainians in Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire, because he went down in history not only as an artist, but also as a harbinger of an independent Ukraine and an organiser of the army (Ukrainian Sich Riflemen and the Grey Division of the UPR Army) that was to gain national freedom. Mykhailo Havrylko is the creator of the vibrant Shevchenkiana. He immortalised Taras Shevchenko in busts, monuments, bas-reliefs, portraits, posters, medallions, and in words. For the artist, he was the main figure of Ukrainian history and Ukrainian spirituality. Havrylko believed that "every word of Shevchenko the prophet will fall like an arrow of God's thunder, leading the most passionate hearts of the best sons of Ukraine into a fierce battle for her." With the fiery word of Shevchenko, the Poltava Cossack went into battle against the Russian Empire, of which he was a citizen, because it enslaved his homeland... The events take place in the Russian Empire, Austria-Hungary, France and the Ukrainian People's Republic, on the territory of the regions of modern Ukraine, in St. Petersburg, Krakow, Vienna and Paris.