Fifty-five years ago, on June 10, 1964, a huge statue of Taras Shevchenko was unveiled in Moscow in honor of the 150th anniversary of the poet’s birth. The decision to honor the great Ukrainian poet with a monument was made after the United States and Canada had decided to honor the poet in similar fashion with monuments in Washington and Winnipeg. (The monument in Washington was unveiled on June 27, 1964, and in Winnipeg on July 9, 1961.)