Within the visit to Kirovohrad on Thursday, Mykola Tomenko, Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, met students and teaching board of Kirovohrad Volodymyr Vynnychenko State Pedagogical University and presented the book by M. Chalyi "Life and Works of Shevchenko" published with the assistance of his Fund.
The participants of the meeting discussed celebration of the 150th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko's reburial in Ukraine. M. Tomenko announced that on May 18-22, the trip "A Final Journey of Taras Shevchenko" is planned. The route starts from Saint Petersburg and ends in Kaniv. The Deputy Chairman informed that this event is held on the initiative of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of CIS member states. During the visit, the delegation will follow the route of the funeral procession in 1841. They will visit Saint Petersburg, Tver, Moscow, Tula and Orel. In Ukraine, the delegation will participate in the requiem meeting in Hlukhiv and Baturyn. After visiting Nizhyn, the delegation will arrive in Kyiv. On May 22, the delegation will go to Kaniv to attend the memorial service on Chernecha Mountain.
The Deputy Chairman also announced that his Fund together with famous public figures will hold several events and campaigns. Throughout the week when the funeral procession with Shevchenko's body went from Saint Petersburg to Kaniv (May 18-22), Era Radio will broadcast public readings of Taras Shevchenko´s works.