Igor Dmytrovych Poklad (born December 10, 1941 in Frunze

Bishkek

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, Kirghiz SSR

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) is a Ukrainian

Ukraine

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 composer. Poklad started off his career in the Academical Ensemble of the Internal Troops of Ukraine of Songs and Dances. He later graduated from the Kiev Conservatory

Kiev Conservatory

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 in 1967. He is also a recipient of the National Artist of Ukraine Award, and a laureate

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 of the Government Award of Taras Shevchenko

Taras Shevchenko

Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...

.