Taras Shevchenko Museum (Toronto)
Taras may refer to: Geography * Taras (ancient city) of Magna Graecia, modern-day Taranto * Taras, Iran, a village in Tehran province * Taras, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland * Taraš, a village in Vojvodina, Serbia * Taras, Kazakhstan, a village in Almaty Region People * Taras (name), a Ukrainian male given name * Taras (surname) Other uses * Taras (mythology), in Greek mythology the son of Poseidon and the nymph Satyrion See also * Taraz Taraz ( kz, Тараз, تاراز, translit=Taraz ; known to Europeans as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzs ...

Taras (ancient City)
Taranto (, also ; ; nap, label=Tarantino dialect, Tarantino, Tarde; Latin: Tarentum; Old Italian: ''Tarento''; Ancient Greek: Τάρᾱς) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base. Founded by Spartans in the 8th century BC during the period of Greek colonisation, Taranto was among the most important in Magna Graecia, becoming a cultural, economic and military power that gave birth to philosophers, strategists, writers and athletes such as Archytas, Aristoxenus, Livius Andronicus, Heracleides of Tarentum, Heracleides, Iccus of Taranto, Iccus, Cleinias of Tarentum, Cleinias, Leonidas of Tarentum, Leonidas, Lysis of Taras, Lysis and Sosibius of Tarentum, Sosibius. By 500 BC, the city was among the largest in the world, with a population estimated up to 300,000 people. The seven-year rule of Archytas marked the apex of its development and recognition of i ...
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Taras, Iran
Tares ( fa, طارس, also Romanized as Ţāres and Tāras) is a village in Shahrabad Rural District, in the Central District of Firuzkuh County, Tehran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 149, in 60 families. References Populated places in Firuzkuh County {{Firuzkuh-geo-stub ...
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Taras, Łódź Voivodeship
Taras is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Przedbórz, within Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Przedbórz, east of Radomsko, and south-east of the regional capital Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti .... References Villages in Radomsko County {{Radomsko-geo-stub ...
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Taraš
Taraš (; hu, Tiszatarrós) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (96.49%) and its population numbering 1,140 people (2002 census). Names Names in other languages: , . Historical population *1821: 1,040 *1825: 1,047 *1863: 1,092 *1868: 1,424 *1880: 1,356 *1910: 1,887 *1921: 2,091 *1931: 2,148 *1939: 2,363 *1948: 1,956 *1953: 1,956 *1961: 1,779 *1971: 1,612 *1981: 1,330 *1991: 1,107 *2002: 1,167 References *Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996. *Miodrag Dostanić, Mile Markov, To je Taraš: hronika dugovečnog sela, Zrenjanin, 2002. See also *List of places in Serbia *List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia. List of largest cities and towns in Vojvodina List of urban settlements in Vojvodina List of all urban ...
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Taras (name)
Taras ( uk, Тарас) is a male Ukrainian given name especially popular in Ukraine. In Greek mythology, Taras (Ancient Greek: Τάρας) was the eponymous founder of the Greek colony of Taras (Tarentum, modern Taranto), in Magna Graecia (today South Italy). The name was later modified in Byzantium after Saint Tarasios (also Saint Tarasius; el, Ἅγιος Ταράσιος). Saint Tarasios's feast day is on the Calendar of Saints, celebrated on February 25 by the Eastern Orthodox and Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church churches, and on February 18 by the Roman Catholic Church. (This date on the Julian Calendar at present corresponds to March 10 on the Gregorian calendar). https://www.goroh.pp.ua/%D0%95%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%8F/%D0%A2%D0%90%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%A1#22637 The spread of the name in Ukraine is explained by its association with Taras Shevchenko, a national poet and unifying figure for the Ukrainian nation who was likely named after Saint Tarasi ...
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Taras (surname)
Taras is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Connor Taras (born 19??), Canadian kayaker *Jamie Taras (born 1966), Canadian football player *John Taras (1919–2004), American ballet master and choreographer *Martin Taras (1914–1994), American cartoonist *Raymond Taras Raymond Taras (also Ray Taras) is a Canadian political scientist. His interests include issues of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia, multiculturalism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, ethnic conflicts, and response to refugee crisis and immigration i ...

Taras (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Taras ( grc, Τάρας) was the eponymous founder of the Greek colony of Taras (Tarentum, modern Taranto), in Magna Graecia (today South Italy). Family Taras was the son of Poseidon and Satyrion, either a Tarentine nymph or a daughter of Minos. Mythology When Taras was shipwrecked, his father rescued him by sending a dolphin which he rode to traverse the sea from the promontory of Taenarum to the south of Italy. Brought ashore, Taras founded Tarentum which was named in his honour. According to Pausanias, he was worshiped as a hero who named both the city and the river, Taras after himself. Taranto Note that a harbour close by Taranto is still called Torre Saturo (derived from Satyrion). It was in Torre Saturo, almost south of Taranto, that Spartan colonists settled their first colony in Taranto zone. Later, around 706 BC, they conquered the Iapygian city of Taranto. On the coinage of the ancient city of Taras, the son of Poseidon is depicted on a dolp ...
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