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peasants, working the land owned by , a nephew of Russian statesman Grigory Potemkin. According to Shevchenko's biographer Oleksandr Konysky, Hryhoriy's original surname had been Hrushivskyi , and the name Shevchenko (denoting descent from a shoemaker, , Shvets) was applied to the family due to one of their ancestors being active in the trade. Hryhoriy and his

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