Taras Hill

Taras Hill or Chernecha Hora is a hill on the bank of the near in and an important landmark of the Shevchenko National Reserve where the remains of the famous Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko have been buried since 1861.
Wikipedia
Photo: Чуприна Ірина, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Peak
  • Description: hill on the bank of the Dnieper near Kaniv in Ukraine
  • Also known as: “Chernecha Hora” and “Тарасова гора”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Roden and Taras Shevchenko’s chamber.

Archaeological site
Photo: Voevoda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an archaeological site.

Museum
Photo: Uk-Kamelot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Island
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is an island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaniv and Keleberda.

Town
Photo: Oleksandr Malyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in , , central . The city rests on the , and is one of the main inland river ports on the Dnieper.

Village
Photo: Євгенія Яніш, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Taras Hill

Latitude
49.7279° or 49° 43′ 40″ north
Longitude
31.5174° or 31° 31′ 3″ east
Open location code
8GXHPGH8+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1083093432
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q13365510
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Taras Hill” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Тарасава гара”
  • Belarusian: “Чарнечая гара”
  • Chinese: “塔拉斯山”
  • Czech: “Černeča”
  • Danish: “Taras-bakken”
  • Danish: “Tjernetja hora”
  • Dutch: “Taras Hill”
  • French: “colline Taras”
  • French: “montagne des moines”
  • French: “Montagne des moines”
  • German: “Taras-Hügel”
  • German: “Tschernetscha hora”
  • Hungarian: “Tarasz-domb”
  • Italian: “Černeča Hora”
  • Japanese: “タラスの丘”
  • Ladin: “Taras Hill”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tsjernetsja hora”
  • Russian: “Чернечья гора”
  • Swedish: “Tjernetja hora”
  • Ukrainian: “Чернеча гора”

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