Fedir Andriyovych Lyzohub ( uk, Федір Андрійович Лизогуб; russian: Фёдор Андреевич Лизогуб, Fyodor Andreevich Lizogub; 1851 — 1928) was a Ukrainian public and state figure, politician and the Otaman of Council of Ministers (

Ukrainian State The Ukrainian State ( uk, Українська Держава, translit=Ukrainska Derzhava), sometimes also called the Second Hetmanate ( uk, Другий Гетьманат, translit=Druhyi Hetmanat, link=no), was an anti-Bolshevik government ...

) in 1918. In 1917 he headed department of Foreign Subjects at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Republic.

Biography

He was the son of Nadezhda Dmitrievna Dunin-Borkowska and Andriy Ivanovych Lyzohub, a poet and a friend of

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukrainian poet, writ ...

. Fedir Lyzohub founded the Poltava Museum of Regional Studies, ensured that the

Poltava Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administrative ...

administration building was built in the Ukrainian style, and installed a monument to

Ivan Kotlyarevsky Ivan Petrovych Kotliarevsky ( uk, Іван Петрович Котляревський) ( in Poltava – in Poltava, Russian Empire, now Ukraine) was a Ukrainian writer, poet and playwright, social activist, regarded as the pioneer of modern Ukr ...

in Poltava. He also financially supported the Mykola Hohol School of Visual Arts in Myrhorod ( uk, Школа художнього промислу ім. М.Гоголя).Boiko, O.
Lyzohub Fedir Andriyovych
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2009 On 19 August 1918 Lyzohub gave interview to German newspaper ''

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und Handels-Zeitung'' as Minister-President Lyzogub.Ruslan Pyrih.
The last mission of Premier Lyzohub or Skoropadsky against Denikin (Остання місія прем’єра Лизогуба чи Скоропадській проти Денікіна)
'. Argumentua (from Istorynchna Pravda). 16 November 2018 In 8-14 November 1918 along with Skoropadsky, Lyzohub participated in secret negotiations with the Russian Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia in

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. Negotiations were taking place at the

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Palace in

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(Crimean Southern Coast). In his absence, plenary sessions of government were chaired by Minister of Finance

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. Talks about the Lyzohub's resignation appeared already on 11 November 1918 that were originated by Ukrainian activist Yevhen Chykalenko, according to whom three ministers Lyzohub, Rzhepetsky and Rohoza have resigned. The Minister of Internal Affairs in the Lyzohub government

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in his memoirs has explained the situation as following: "Soon Premier Lyzohub departed for Odessa to adjust relations with the High Command of the Austria-Hungary and for negotiations with the Crimea, with which obviously groundlessly was instigated unnecessary customs war. In Odessa it was expected to arrange a conference about the "Southern Alliance" of Ukraine, Don, Kuban, and Terek". That trip was crucially needed due to change of political situation in Europe with the end of the

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. The military occupation of Ukraine by armed forces of the

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was nearing the end. The military commandant of

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field marshal

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committed suicide when he found out that Austria-Hungary lost the war. At the same time field marshal Alfred Krauß who led the Austrian Ost-Armee (East Army) left earlier for homeland.

Family

Fedir Lyzohub was a distant descendant of

Yakiv Lyzohub Yakiv Yukhymovych Lyzohub ( uk, Яків Юхимович Лизогуб; russian: Яков Ефимович Лизогуб, ''Yakov Yefimovich Lizogub'') was a military and political figure of the Cossack Hetmanate and a member of a well known Co ...

who was the acting Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host after the death of

Danylo Apostol Danylo Apostol (; ; ) (1654–1734), was a Hetman of Zaporizhian Host from 1727 to 1734. Brief biography Born in a Cossack family of Moldavian origin, Danylo Apostol was a prominent military leader, ''polkovnyk'' (colonel) of the Myrhorod ...

He had two brothers, Dmytro and Illya (who was married to Sofia Barshevska). Fedir Lyzohub had four daughters (Olena, 1890; Lysaveta, 1892; Vira, 1897; Sofia, 1900).

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External links

Fedir Lyzohub
at the History of Poltava portal.
Fedir Lyzohub
at the

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