Talk:Yevhen Hrebinka

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Did you know... that Ukrainian poet Yevhen Hrebinka helped purchase fellow poet Taras Shevchenko's freedom from serfdom in 1838?

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Shevchenko[edit]

At least the most commonly known and widely published version of Shevchenko's gaining freedom is different from this. Maybe it's best to remove this claim even though it is sourced. --Irpen 00:44, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But it only says he helped. Our Shevchenko article backs that up. Ostap 00:49, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]