The Ukrainian poet has never been to Budapest. The monument was erected in 2007 by President Yushchenko. He had such a program: "A monument to Shevchenko - in every capital of the world", but within its framework only two monuments were erected: one here, in Budapest, and the second - in Tbilisi. So, dear compatriots, if you are in Budapest - visit the bronze Taras Grigorievich, he is sad there. Its only "guests" are birds and German students sweetly dozing on the warm granite pedestal of the monument.→