Chernecha hora

"Chernecha Hora" ( _uk. Чернеча гора), (literally, Monk's Hill) - a mount by the Dnieper river near Kaniv in Ukraine, where the remains of the famous Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko are buried since 1861. [ [http://www.wumag.kiev.ua/index2.php?param=pgs20072/38 Welcome to Ukraine Magazine] ]

Chernecha hora is considered to be a historical, natural and cultural monument of All-Ukrainian importance and national relic of Ukraine. [http://www.kaniv.net/org.php?l=13 Kaniv.net Directory, in Ukrainian] ]

In the past, the mount was a part of the ancient Kaniv Orthodox Monastery, where many hetmans of Ukrainian Cossacks had been buried. [http://www.kaniv.net/org.php?l=13 Kaniv.net Directory, in Ukrainian] ]

In 1978, the hill was the site where Oleksa Hirnyk burned himself to death in protest of Soviet suppression of the Ukrainian language, culture and history [ [http://www.artukraine.com/commcrimes/index.htm Crimes of Communism Against Ukraine And Her People, Art Ukraine web-site] ] .

At present, the mount belongs to the Shevchenko National Preserve [ [http://who-is-who.com.ua/bookmaket/olimp2006/12/235.html Who Is Who Directory] ] dedicated to the poet and is a place of mass visits from all over the country and abroad. A Church in memory of Taras Shevchenko ("Tarasova Cerkva") is designated to be built here. [ [http://www.slovoprosvity.com.ua/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=198 Slovo Prosvity Article, in Ukrainian] ] [ [http://www.slovoprosvity.com.ua/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=150 Donations list for Kobzareva Church] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.ukrainatv.com/index.php?sourceid=5&fuseaction=files.one&id=9394&catid=69 Chernecha Hora on UkrainaTV]
* [http://kobzar.info/our/travel/ Pictures on Chernecha hora travels on Kobzar Web Site]