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The monograph examines the formation of Taras Shevchenko's views on the events of Ukrainian history and historical figures associated with it, primarily through the prism of historical literature, with which the poet was familiar. The author argues that the poet did not have a single defining historical source; usually in Shevchenko's poetry and paintings on historical themes there is a mixture of historical and folklore sources, historical and literary sources, historical characters of exclusively literary genesis, folklore with an admixture of literary and even exclusively folklore. This large-scale scientific study shows that there is no point in absolutising historicism in Shevchenko's work, but it cannot be underestimated either.

Addressed to scholars, lecturers, students, teachers and anyone interested in the work of Taras Shevchenko.