Background
Shevchenko was born on June 26, 1937 in sovkhoz Partizany, Simferopol Raion, Russian SFSR.
Shevchenko was born on June 26, 1937 in sovkhoz Partizany, Simferopol Raion, Russian SFSR.
He graduated from the historic-philosophy faculty of Kiev University in 1965.
Shevchenko obtained his doctorate in 1995. After graduation he worked at Dnipropetrovsk National University and as an English language interpreter during construction of a metallurgy plant in Egypt. Since 1971 Shevchenko has worked at Kiev University.