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Flag, Tryzub, independence, and Shevchenko
Connect the symbols and figures learners see everywhere with their legal, historical, literary, and emotional meanings.
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State symbols carry law, history, and lived meaningSeparate three layers: what the law defines, where the symbols come from, and what people see or feel in them today.Це тризуб — малий Державний Герб України.This is the Tryzub—the small State Coat of Arms of Ukraine.Independence had two defining dates in 1991Learn the difference between the declaration and the referendum—and why both dates matter to the modern state.Україна проголосила незалежність 24 серпня 1991 року.Ukraine declared independence on August 24, 1991.Shevchenko was a poet—and a visual artistMeet the person behind the statues: a writer, draftsman, painter, former serf, political prisoner, and continually reinterpreted cultural figure.Тарас Шевченко був поетом і художником.Taras Shevchenko was a poet and an artist.