CHRIST AND THE MOTHER OF GOD IN TARAS SHEVCHENKO’S POEM "MARIA" AND IN ITS RUSSIAN TRANSLATION BY BORIS PASTERNAK

Biblical figurativeness underlies a lot of poems of Shevchenko and culminates in the poem "Maria". The author pays attention not only to the analysis of the text of the Ukrainian classic, but also to the translation of the poem by Boris Pasternak. He emphasizes the importance of the work that was done, compares texts, picks up strong and weak points of the translator and refraction of the theme in the congenial work of the Russian poet.