Taras Hill, Kaniv
Shevchenko's grave above the Dnipro — the place of his last testament.
On 22 May 1861 Shevchenko's coffin was reburied on Chernecha hill above the Dnipro — as he had willed: "that wide-spread fields, the Dnipro and its cliffs be seen". In 1884, at the expense of Vasyl Tarnovsky the younger, a cast-iron cross over 6 m high was set on the grave, and beside it grew "Tarasova svitlytsia", the first people's museum; its keeper Ivan Yadlovsky tended the grave from 1884 until his death from starvation in 1933 and is buried right here. On 20 August 1925 the hill became a state reserve, and in 1989 a national one. The bronze monument by Matvii Manizer and the museum to Vasyl Krychevsky's design were opened on 18 June 1939; after the reconstruction of 2003–2010 the museum holds over 20 thousand exhibits. The hill is 244 m high, and 392 steps lead to the grave; the reserve covers 45 ha.
Museum entry 100 UAH, concession 50; the museum is open 9:15–17:15, closed Monday (reserve's ticketing website, checked 01.10.2026). A memorial above the Dnipro: the stairs are long, the time is for silence.