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4 unusual facts about Taras


Comast Group

Vases and fragments have been found at many sites, including Naukratis, Rhodes, Central Italy, Taras, and even Corinth.

Iapygian-Tarentine Wars

A decade after the catastrophic defeat of Taras at Kailia in 473 BC, the Tarentines were set for battle, this time perhaps on their own terms near the Iapygian city of Hyria.

Laconian vase painting

The chronology developed by scholars primarily relies on finds from Taras and Tokra.

Sisyphus Painter

Arthur Dale Trendall described the Sisyphus Painter as "probably the dominant artist of the Taras School".


41 Cooper Square

It originally called for a nine-story academic building to replace the Hewitt Building, a fifteen-story office complex to replace the engineering building, the removal of Taras Shevchenko Place (a tiny street honoring a Ukrainian folk hero between St. George’s Ukrainian Church and the site), and the development of a parking lot on 26 Astor Place and an empty lot on Stuyvesant Street into a hotel or for another commercial tenant.

Alta River

The battle is known as the Taras Night and is described in the Taras Shevchenko poem Taras Nich

Canadian Bandurist Capella

2011 - Word of Taras concert tour to mark the 150th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko - (Toronto, Chicago, Cleveland, Rochester.) Concert to mark the 120th anniversary of Ukrainian settlement in Canada.

India at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Vikas Krishan was the only boxer to reach the semi-final of the welterweight category where he lost against the eventual winner, Ukrainian boxer, Taras Shelestyuk and settled for a bronze medal.

John Taras

Taras was principal dancer in de Basil's company and regisseur for their Covent Garden and Paris seasons.

Kobzarska Sich

Previous camps have featured such prominent instructors as: Hryhory Kytasty, Julian Kytasty, Oleh Mahlay, Taras Lazurkevych, Oleh Sozansky, Ola Herasymenko, Alexis Kochan, Bohdan and Halyna Heryavenko, Halyna Kvitka-Kondratsky and others.

Martin Taras

Known for the creation of Baby Huey, Taras also animated films and drew comic books featuring characters such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, Rags Rabbit, Wendy the Good Little Witch, Herman and Katnip, and Buzzy the Funny Crow.

Martin B. Taras (9 August 1914 – 2 November 1994) was an American cartoonist who mostly tenured at Famous Studios, the New York-based animation division of Paramount Pictures.

Taras also served as animator and/or designer for television programs such as Batfink, Spider-Man (The 1967 series), Josie and the Pussycats, Super Friends; and for theatrical motion pictures such as Fritz The Cat, Lord of the Rings, and Wizards.

Premyer-Ministr

In 2005, the group members split with their producer and started independent career as Group PM, while Premier Ministr was started anew with Taras Demchuk, Sergey Demyanchuk, Amarkhuu Borkhuu, and Vasily Kireyev.

Soleto Map

Moreover, the Soleto Map describes the city of Taranto (called Taras), as well as other cities of Salento such as Soleto, Leuca, Ugento, and Otranto.


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