a. At the time of birth of Taras Shevchenko metrical books in village Moryntsi were carried out in Russian (the official language of the Russian Empire) and he was recorded as Taras (""). At that time serfs' patronymic names were not identified in documents (for example, see text of a "free-to-go" document from 22 April 1838: ""). During Shevchenko's lifetime in Ukrainian texts were used two variants: "" (see the letter of Hryhory Kvitka-Osnovyanenko from October 23, 1840: "") and "" (the letter of same author from April 29, 1842: ""). In Russian it is accepted to write «Тарас Григорьевич Шевченко», in Ukrainian—«Тарас Григорович Шевченко», in other languages—transliterating from the Ukrainian name, for example ""Taras Hryhorovich Shevchenko".