Mykhailo Mykolayovych Petrenko (; 1817 – ) was a Ukrainian

romantic poet Romantic poetry is the poetry of the Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. It involved a reaction against prevailing Neoclassical ideas of the 18th c ...

notable for his musical works, and a member of the

Kharkiv Romantic School The Kharkiv Romantic School () was a young poets' group among the faculty and students of National University of Kharkiv, Kharkiv University in the 1830s and 1840s. The name was proposed by the publisher of their works, researcher Ahapii Shamrai. M ...

. He was married to Anna Evgrafivna Myrgorodova.

Biography

Petrenko was born in the town

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to a provincial secretary, Petrenko Mykola Dmytrovych, and his wife Mykola Dmytrovych in 1817 as their second child. Petrenko studied at the juridical faculty of

Kharkov University The V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (), also known as Kharkiv National University or Karazin University, is a public university in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It was founded in 1804 through the efforts of Vasily Karazin, becoming the second old ...

during 1837–1841. He served in the judicial institutions: in

Kharkov Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

(1844–1847),

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(1847–1849),

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(1849–1862), rising to collegiate assessor (rank 8th grade). Petrenko's first poetry published in the anthology ''Snip'' (1841). Among them was the poem "I looked at the sky and thought a thought", which became a folk song – the highest award for Ukrainian poet. His 1845 dramatic

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"Naida" was first published in 2013. In 1848 A. L. Metlynsky published in the "South Russian collection" selection of Petrenko's poems titled "Thoughts and singing". Asteroid 274843 Mykhailopetrenko, discovered by astronomers at the

Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory () is a private astronomical observatory in the town suburbs of Andrushivka, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. It was established in 2001. The founder and director of the observatory is Yuri Ivashchenko. The observa ...

in 2009, was named in his honor. The official was published by the

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on 8 October 2014 ().

References

External links

Site dedicated to Mikhail Nikolayevich Petrenko
{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrenko, Mykhailo Ukrainian people in the Russian Empire Ukrainian male poets Male writers from the Russian Empire 1817 births 1863 deaths People from Sloviansk 19th-century Ukrainian writers 19th-century Ukrainian poets National University of Kharkiv alumni