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Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka (1871-1913) is better known by her pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka. She was one of Ukraine's best-known poets and writers and the foremost woman writer in Ukrainian literature.
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Ivan Yakovych Franko (1856-1916)
is the National Poet of Ukraine
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Taras H. Shevchenko (1814-1861) was also the National Poet of Ukraine. Shevchenko's literary heritage is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and, to a large extent, the modern Ukrainian language.
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![Saint Vladimir Volodymyr Svyatoslavich the Great statue in Ukrainian Cultural Garden in Cleveland Ohio - photos by Dan Hanson](http://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/ukraine/ukraine-garden/vladimir-volodymyr-great-w.jpg)
Saint Vladimir (Volodymyr) Svyatoslavich the Great (958-1015) was the grand prince of Kiev who converted to Christianity in 988, and then baptized all of Kievan Rus
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