Semen Klymovsky () (1705 – 1785) was a Ukrainian

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, philosopher, poet of the Kharkiv Regiment, who wrote the famous Ukrainian folk song " Ikhav Kozak za Dunaj".

Biography

His exact birthplace is unknown. He was connected with the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. His poetical works testify to his knowledge of languages, literature and philosophy. Among those whose views were closest to Klymovsky,

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should be mentioned first of all. All his life since 1724 he participated in military campaigns of the Ukrainian Cossacks, and inspired by them he wrote poems and songs. At the end of the 18th century on the territory of the

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, together with a friend he founded the village of Pryputni, where he died. Pryputni was abandoned as a result of the

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and its territory was annexed to

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References

* Климовський Семен /
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Ukrainian Cossacks Ukrainian poets Ukrainian philosophers National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy people 1705 births 1785 deaths