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Shevchenko Scientific Society

Ukrainian scientific society
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The Shevchenko Scientific Society, founded in 1873, was a prominent Ukrainian scholarly organization in western Ukraine. It was dissolved in 1940 following the Soviet Union's occupation of the region. The society re-established itself in Western Europe and the United States in 1947 and resumed operations in Ukraine in 1989. Its activities include sponsoring conferences and lectures, awarding research grants, and publishing scholarly works, with a particular focus on Ukrainian studies. The society is named after Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko, a significant Ukrainian poet of the 19th century and a key figure in the Ukrainian national revival.12

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  2. Ukraine - Cultural institutions

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