Volodymyr Osypovych Shukhevych ( uk, Володи́мир О́сипович Шухе́вич, pseudonym, V. Sh. Shumylo, uk, Шумило, В.Ш.) (15 March 1849, Tyshkivtsi village, Horodenkyi district,

Ivano-Frankivsk region Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukrain ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...

– 10 April 1915,

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukra ...

) – was a

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, writer,

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and teacher.

Biography

Volodymyr Shukhevych was born in a small village of Tyshkivtsi to Fr. Iosyff and Anna (née Kulchutska). Studied at

Kolomyia Kolomyia, formerly known as Kolomea ( ua, Коломия, Kolomyja, ; pl, Kołomyja; german: Kolomea; ro, Colomeea; yi, ), is a city located on the Prut River in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province), in western Ukraine. It serves as the admin ...

, Stanislav and

Chernivtsi Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also #Names, other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the Romania–Ukraine border, borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this ...

gymnasia. In 1877 he graduated

Lviv University The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...

. In 1880 he began working as a secondary school teacher of zoology, geology, mathematics etc. at Lviv gymnasium. He occupied this position till 1913. He was a close friend of

Ivan Franko Ivan Yakovych Franko ( Ukrainian: Іван Якович Франко, pronounced ˈwɑn ˈjɑkowɪtʃ frɐnˈkɔ 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, ...

Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky Mykhailo Mykhailovych Kotsiubynsky ( uk, Михайло Михайлович Коцюбинський), (September 17, 1864 – April 25, 1913) was a Ukrainian author whose writings described typical Ukrainian life at the start of the 20th centu ...

Mykola Lysenko Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko ( uk, Мико́ла Віта́лійович Ли́сенко; 22 March 1842 – 6 November 1912) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist of the late Romantic period. In his time he was the ...

, Mykhailo Pavlyk, Osyp Makovey and other known personalities of

Ukrainian culture The culture of Ukraine is the composite of the material and spiritual values of the Ukrainian people that has formed throughout the history of Ukraine. It is closely intertwined with ethnic studies about ethnic Ukrainians and Ukrainian historio ...

and science. Volodymyr Shukhevych was married to Hermina, with whom they had five children: Volodymyr, Daria, Yosyp, Iryna and Taras. His daughter, Iryna (1881–1934) was married to Dr. Theodor Rozankowski, who was judge, political and military figure and first commander of Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen. His grandson, Roman-Taras Yosypovych Shukhevych (pseudonym, Taras Chuprynka) (30 June 1907 – 5 March 1950) was a Ukrainian politician, military leader and general of the

Ukrainian Insurgent Army The Ukrainian Insurgent Army ( uk, Українська повстанська армія, УПА, translit=Ukrayins'ka povstans'ka armiia, abbreviated UPA) was a Ukrainian nationalist paramilitary and later partisan formation. During Worl ...

(UPA). With introduction of the

Soviet Government The Government of the Soviet Union ( rus, Прави́тельство СССР, p=prɐˈvʲitʲɪlʲstvə ɛs ɛs ɛs ˈɛr, r=Pravítelstvo SSSR, lang=no), formally the All-Union Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly ab ...

in Ukraine, Volodymyr Shukhevych became a persona non grata. It was forbidden to write about him or to republish his works up until the end of the 20th century. Volodymyr Shukhevych died on 15 April 1915 and was buried at

Lychakiv Cemetery Lychakiv Cemetery ( uk, Личаківський цвинтар, translit=Lychakivs’kyi tsvyntar; pl, Cmentarz Łyczakowski we Lwowie), officially State History and Culture Museum-Preserve "Lychakiv Cemetery" ( uk, Державний істор ...

Work and cultural activities

Volodymyr Shukhevych founded and led a number of significant public and educational institutions in Ukraine, including "

Prosvita Prosvita ( uk, просвіта, 'enlightenment') is a society for preserving and developing Ukrainian culture and education among population that created in the nineteenth century in the Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. By the ...

" enlightenment' "Ruske Pedahohichne Tovarystvo" Rus pedagogical society' "Ruska Besida" Rus conversation'(was its chairman 1895–1910), "Boyan" (1891) and Lysenko Musical Society (1903–1915). Built the building for the latter. Together with Anatole Vakhnianyn established Union of Singing and Musical Societies. His activities in the field of publishing include: founder and editor (1890–1895) of children's magazine ''Dzvinok'' ��Bell’ author and publisher of children's books, editor of ''Uchytel'' teacher'newspaper (1893–1895). Cooperated with ''Zoria'' dawn' ''Dila'' works'and other publications. Together with Count Wlodzimierz Dzieduszycki and Ludwik Wierzbicki, he collected ethnographic materials as well as art and household exhibits of

Hutsul The Hutsuls (sometimes the spelling variant: Gutsuls; uk, Гуцули, translit=Hutsuly; pl, Huculi, Hucułowie; ro, huțuli) are an ethnic group spanning parts of western Ukraine and Romania (i.e. parts of Bukovina and Maramureș). The ...

region. The result of his studies resulted in a valuable five-volume work ''Hutsulshchyna'' (1897–1908) in

published by the

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, and a four-volumes work in

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(1902–1908), published by The Dzieduszycki Museum (nowadays, State Natural History Museum of the

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; uk, Національна академія наук України, ''Natsional’na akademiya nauk Ukrayiny'', abbr: NAN Ukraine) is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine th ...

). In the Dzieduszycki Museum Volodymyr Shukhevych established the Natural and Ethnographic Department and was its curator. Made significant contribution into the preservation and promotion of the

:Karpenko, A. 2015
''Rol Volodymyra Shukhevycha v Orhanizatsii Ukrainskoho Muzeynytstva v Halychyni''
olodymyr Shukhevych’s Role in Organisation of Ukrainian Museums in Halychyna “Istoria Ukrainy” No.26 (In Ukrainian) organised choir "Boyan" trip to perform in

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(1891) and the Ethnographic Division at the

Halychyna Galicia ()"Galicia"
'' Rudolf, Archduke of Austria and Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, Volodymyr Shukhevych organised ethnographic expedition to the

Lviv High Castle The Lviv High Castle ( uk, Високий замок, translit=Vysokyi zamok; pl, Wysoki Zamek we Lwowie) is a historic castle located on the top of the Castle Hill of the city of Lviv. It is currently the highest point in the city, above sea ...

. He was a member of the

, Austrian Society of Ethnology (1901) and the Czech Ethnological Society (1903).

References

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