Mykhailo Dorundiak (; 1 October 1857 – 31 July 1907) was a Ukrainian lawyer, public and cultural figure.
Biography
Mykhailo Dorundiak was born on 1 October 1857 in the village of
Kidanch
Kidanch () is a village in the Pechenizhyn settlement hromada of the Kolomyia Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in Ukraine.
History
The first written mention of the village was in 1444.
On 19 July 2020, as a result of the administrative-territor ...
, now the
Pechenizhyn Hromada of the
Kolomyia Raion
Kolomyia Raion () is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region). The administrative center of the raion is the city of Kolomyia. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Iva ...
of the
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna () or simply Frankivshchyna, is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (region) in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. It has a pop ...
of Ukraine.
[''М. Петрів'']
Дорундяк Михайло Григорович
// Українські адвокати: державні, громадські, політичні та культурноосвітні діячі кінця XIX — першої половини XX ст. — Кн. 1. = Ukrainian advocates: state, socio-political, cultural and educational activists of the late XIX — first half of the XX century. — Vol. 1. — Київ, 2014. — С. 139—143.['' М. Сохацький''. Адвокат Михайло Дорундяк у політичному, економічному і культурно-національному відрожденні Борщівщини кінця ХІХ — початку ХХ ст. екст// Адвокатура України: забуте і невідоме / за ред. І. Б. Василик. — Київ : КВІЦ, 2016. — С. 490-503. — ISBN 978-617-697-048-4.]
In 1877 he graduated from Kolomyia Gymnasium, and in 1881 he graduated from
Lviv
Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...
and
Vienna
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Universities. In 1882–1894, he worked in lawyer's offices in
Kosiv
Kosiv (, ) is a city located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the Capital city, administrative center of Kosiv Raion (Raion, district). Kosiv hosts the administration of Kosiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Popu ...
and
Horodenka
Horodenka (, ; , occasionally '';'' ) is a city located in Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in Western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Horodenka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: In 2001 the population ...
in the Stanyslaviv Region (now Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast). In 1891 he became a
Doctor of Law
A Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) is a doctoral degree in legal studies. The abbreviation LL.D. stands for ''Legum Doctor'', with the double “L” in the abbreviation referring to the early practice in the University of Cambridge to teach both canon law ...
.
From July 1894 he lived in
Borshchiv
Borshchiv (, ; ; ) is a city in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It was previously the administrative center of the former Borshchiv Raion until 2020. Borshchiv hosts the administration of Borshchiv urban hromada, one of the hrom ...
, where he started his own law practice. He was the head of the
's
Prosvita
Prosvita (), since 1991 officially known as All-Ukrainian Prosvita Society named after Taras Shevchenko () is an enlightenment society aimed to preserve and develop Ukrainian culture, education and science, that was created in the nineteenth cen ...
, the founder and head of a credit society, the initiator of the construction of the
Ukrainian People's House, a member of the management of the Narodna Torhivlia cooperative and the Dnister Insurance Company.
In the 1897 elections, he organized a county committee, with the support of which
Roman Yarosevych was elected ambassador to the Austrian parliament. He provided legal assistance to the peasants during the strikes of 1901–1902, defended them free of charge in trials in
Ternopil
Ternopil, known until 1944 mostly as Tarnopol, is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical regions of Galicia and Podolia. The populatio ...
and
Stanyslaviv
Ivano-Frankivsk (, ), formerly Stanyslaviv, Stanislav and Stanisławów, is a city in western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast as well as Ivano-Frankivsk Raion within the oblast. Ivano-Frankivsk also host ...
.
He kept in touch with
Mykhailo Hrushevskyi
Mykhailo Serhiiovych Hrushevsky (; – 24 November 1934) was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian and statesman who was one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century. Hrushevsky is ...
,
Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko (, ; 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, translator, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, and the author of the first d ...
, and others.
He was married (1893) to Emilia Okunevska (1862–1894, sister of the lawyer
Teofil Okunevskyi). In 1900 he married for the second time to Antonina Kalynovych, with whom he raised his daughter Orysia (1901–1975).
Author of articles in the Lviv and Chernivtsi press.
Dorundiak died on 31 July 1907 in Borshchiv, where he was buried.
Honoring the memory
A street in Borshchiv is named after Mykhailo Dorundiak.
The most complete account of the life of lawyer Mykhailo Dorundiak is in
Petro Dovhoshyia book "Uviity v taiemnytsi dukhu. Ivan Franko i Borshchivskyi krai".
References
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1845 births
1901 deaths
People from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
People from Ternopil Oblast
University of Lviv alumni
University of Vienna alumni
Ukrainian jurists
Ukrainian activists
People from Borshchiv
People from Ternopil
People from Ivano-Frankivsk