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Forming of the  ukrainian modern identity took a place during colonial position of Ukraine. The  ukrainian soul in these  terms of the Russian colonialism became the article of the special attention of Taras Shevchenko. Taras Shevchenko’s Creation took root genetically and mentally in  ukrainian national tradition. The  ukrainian prophet Taras Shevchenko «programed»  the  ukrainian soul for love, mercy, sympathy, solidarity. For Taras Shevchenko concepts soul and love represent the altruism type of  ukrainian consciousness. Altruistic love is love to the mother, to Ukraine, to the people, to God; love­sympathy, love. Semantics of the soul  is acquired by the special value in poetic reserve of  Mr. Shevchenko.It appears as deeply internal essence of the  ukrainian  man which has individual originality and propensity to worry and empathy. Mr. Shevchenko’s soul  is a difficult concept, that depends on a context, is changed in the whole spectrum of values. Immortality and comicalness of the soul is underlined, because the soul is alive; the special weight in the context of Mr. Shevchenko’s attitude is acquired connections God­soul­good, heart­soul­fetters The soul of the  ukrainian man, which presents altruism or egoism at individual level, gives a sign of split, acts as the drama place of existential choice. In Mr. Shevchenko’s works motif of loneliness is opposed to such motifs as unity, friendliness, friendship. The word «soul» extends and deepens  the symbolic value of altruism, specifies him: soul­love, soul­suffering, soul­mercy, soul­sympathy. In poems and stories Mr. Shevchenko’s altruistic displays have appearance of kobza­player.