Діалог культур: роль поезії Тараса Шевченка в процесі становлення новоболгарської літератури другої половини ХІХ ст.

The article is about important historical and theoretical aspects of international interaction in Humanitarian sphere on the example of reception of Taras Shevchenko's poetry in new Bulgarian literature in the second half of the nineteenth century. The article studies the impact that the poetry by an outstanding Ukrainian author had on the creative works created by a constellation of the first Bulgarian professional men of letters, in particular Rayko Zhinzifov, Lyuben Karavelov, Petko Slaveykov and Ivan Vazov. They considered this poetry as an example to follow and a basis for improving their own literary art. The attention is paid to the translation practice of these authors rendering the poetic heritage of Taras Shevchenko accessible for the wide Bulgarian reading public then. At the same time, the article covers the origins of Shevchenko studies in Ukraine and Bulgaria.