Mykhailo Lozynsky (; 30 July 1880 – 3 November 1937) he was Ukrainian

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and

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. Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the State Secretariat of the West Ukrainian People's Republic (1919).

Education

Lozynsky was born on 30 July 1880 in Babyn-Saritschnyj,

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. In 1893–1899 he studied at the seminary Stanislavsky. In 1900 received a matriculation school in

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. He studied law in Lviv,

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and

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. In 1914, he defended his thesis on the right in Vienna. He began to publish in 1897 a Social Democratic press in

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. From 1903 he worked as a lawyer and a journalist in Lviv, has worked in a number of publications - "Public voice", "Business" (Lviv), "Council" (

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). In the years 1907–1914 he lived and worked in Kyiv,

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). During

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he took part in the

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. He was member of the National Council

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participated in the Ukrainian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference. From March 1919 he was Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Government West Ukrainian People's Republic. Also

headed the delegation at the talks with Poland. In 1921–1927 he was in exile in

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professor of International Law and History of Political Thought Ukraine

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). He moved to the

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in 1927, he taught at the

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Institute of National Economy and the Institute of Marxism, 1928-1930 Chair's Law, Institute of National Economy. Promoted Galicia reunification with

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. Arrested on 21 March 1930 in the case of "

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". Judicial Board at triple

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23 September 1933 sentenced under Art. c. 04.06.54 Criminal Code to 10 years. He served his sentence in Kem and Solovki, held in spetsizolyatori Savvatevo. Special

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troika of the

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9 October 1937 sentenced to capital punishment. Shot in the

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( Sandarmokh) on 3 November 1937. In 1957, rehabilitated for lack of evidence.

Author

* Krivava knyha - Lozynsky, Mykhalo, 1880- * The Ukrainian National Question in the Works of Mykhailo Drahomanov - Mykhailo Lozynsky * The writings and activities of Myhkailo Drahomanov (in Ukrainian) 1915 * Halychyna v zhyttiu Ukraïny - Lozynsky, Mykhalo, 1880- * Comment les Polonais comprennet leur liberté - Lozynsky, Mykhalo, 1880- * Halychyna v rr. 1918-1920 - Lozynsky, Mykhalo, 1880- * Décisions au Conseil suprême sur la Galicie orientale; les plus importants documents avec introd - Lozynsky, Mykhalo, 1880- * Sorok lït dïial'nosty "Pros'vity" - Lozynsky, Mykhalo, 1880-Sorok lït dïial'nosty "Pros'vity" (1908)
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* ttp://www.inst-ukr.lviv.ua/files/18/180Lozynskyj.pdf Biographical article on Lozynsky's activities in the West Ukrainian People's Republic {{DEFAULTSORT:Lozynsky 1880 births 1937 deaths People from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria University of Lviv alumni Ukrainian diplomats Ukrainian editors West Ukrainian People's Republic people Theatrologists Ukrainian theatre critics Great Purge victims from Ukraine Soviet rehabilitations 20th-century Ukrainian journalists