Fact #23
The largest number of monuments in the world are dedicated to the Ukrainian cultural figure.
The world record for the largest number of erected monuments to a cultural figure now belongs to the Ukrainian poet, novelist and artist Taras Shevchenko. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, which received this record.
In total, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has counted more than 1,100 monuments to Shevchenko: 99 are located in 44 countries of the world, another 1,068 are located on the territory of Ukraine.
Taras Hryhorovych in the form of a Roman patrician delivers a speech in Rome, in Brazil he is depicted as a young man with a book in his hands, and in Poland as a very young boy with a candle.
There they called such an event “a special gift on the birthday of the great Kobzar.” Shevchenko was born on March 9, 1814.
Fact #24
A Ukrainian shoed a flea.
Mykola Syadristy shoed a flea and made many other incredible works of art. Hair drilled along the entire length and polished on top and inside to transparency.
In the middle of the hair is inserted a manufactured rose sprig, the thickness of which is 0.05 mm. The creativity of this master confirmed the emergence of a new concept in the world – “microminiature”, which was not previously found in encyclopedias or dictionaries.