The first round of the IX International Language and Literature Contest among schoolchildren and students named after Taras Shevchenko has started.
Love your dear Ukraine, adore her,
Love her… in fierce time of evil,
In the last dread hour of struggle
Fervently beseech God for her
Taras Shevchenko
(translated by Vira Rits)
On November 13, 2018 in National Transport University lecturers of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law (Head of the Department – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Borys Khoroshun) and lecturers of the Department of Foreign Philology and Translation (Head of the Department – Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Lesia Shevchuk) organized a ceremonial opening of the First round of the IX International Language and Literature Contest among schoolchildren and students named after Taras Shevchenko. The participants also commemorated the Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language and took part in the International contest of the Ukrainian language experts named after Petro Yatsyk. The lecturers of the departments together with students of all faculties prepared various presentations and competition tasks dedicated to personality and creative works of Kobzar, with immortal words of his poetry being heard. The students got to know some little-known facts of Taras Shevchenko’s biography, they also recited Shevchenko’s poems and saw the reproductions of Shevchenko’s paintings.
The contest is held for the I-V year students of National Transport University in four stages (from October until March). The contest was initiated on September 30, 2010 by the Decree of the President № 928 with the aim to promote the prestige of the Ukrainian language and literature among the younger generation, to improve the level of general linguistic culture, to up-bring the sense of pride for our nation, love to our Motherland, to commemorate memory of the Great Kobzar –Taras Shevchenko, a world-class poet.
Talented youth, who achieves great success in intellectual contests at the nationwide level, receives support from the state. According to the Decree of the President of Ukraine, the winners of the International Language and Literature Content among schoolchildren and students named after Taras Shevchenko receive a scholarship of the Head of State.
We thank all the participants of the literature event and invite the students of all faculties of NTU, who are knowledgeable in Kobzar’s creative works and are able to express their thoughts in an original and figurative way, to take part in the First round of the IX International language and literature contest among schoolchildren and students named after Taras Shevchenko!