The monument to Taras Shevchenko in Chisinau was erected in 2006 by a Moldovan sculptor with Ukrainian roots Peotr Gherman and installed in the Riscani sector of Miron Costin Street in the square of the Taras Shevchenko Gymnasium. Taras Shevchenko Gymnasium.
In different years in Moldova monuments to the Great Kobzar were also installed in the cities of Balti, Briceni, Tiraspol, Bender, Camenca.
This honor of the Ukrainian poet was established due to the consolidation of the Ukrainian nation and society around the highest values of establishing a sovereign, independent and democratic Ukraine.
Every year on March 9, on the birthday of the great Ukrainian poet, the Shevchenko Days are held – it is a holiday that consolidates the entire Ukrainian people, both in Ukraine and abroad. This tradition is also alive in Moldova, because in our country Ukrainians are the second largest nation. Taras Shevchenko, undoubtedly, belongs not only to the Ukrainian people, although his creativity and his whole life are inseparably connected with it; – but part of the world heritage.
Taras Shevchenko (1814 – 1861) chose a difficult, full of trials fate. All creativity is permeated with ardent love for his native land. His thoughts and fiery word reflected the aspirations of the working people for a better life. He is called a harbinger of a new life, a people’s prophet, a titan of the spirit, who is rooting for the fate of his people. He left a spiritual testament to his descendants, passed on from generation to generation.

Great Kobzar became a great personality not only of Ukrainian, but also of world literature, receiving the right to immortality.

Shevchenko’s songs and thoughts are close to the folk Ukrainian poetry. They are as melodic, simple and heartfelt, as deep in thought as the songs composed by the people. They are vivid pictures, where life itself is seen, given without embellishments and additions …

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The Taras Shevchenko Gymnasium in Chisinau is an educational institution located in the Riscaniovca neighborhood and is an important educational institution for the local Ukrainian community. The school actively supports cultural and linguistic diversity, offering education in both Ukrainian and Romanian languages.

The school hosts a variety of cultural events aimed at preserving and promoting Ukrainian culture among students. In recent years, the gymnasium has become an important center for Ukrainian refugee children who have arrived in Moldova. In response to the increasing number of children needing instruction in their native language, the gymnasium has opened additional classes with instruction in Ukrainian and Romanian. This allows children not only to preserve their national identity, but also to integrate more easily into the Moldovan educational system.