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Pavlo Dumka

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Pavlo Dumka
Павло Андрійович Думка
Born(1854-03-21)21 March 1854
Died19 November 1918(1918-11-19) (aged 64)
NationalityUkrainian
Bust of Pavlo Dumka in Kupchyntsi (1999, by sculptor Ivan Muliarchuk)[1][2]

Pavlo Dumka (Ukrainian: Павло Андрійович Думка; 21 March 1854 – 19 November 1918) was a Ukrainian poet, publicist, public figure. Founding member of the Ukrainian Radical Party (1890), ambassador to the Galician Sejm (1908–1918), member of the Ukrainian National Council of the ZUNR (1918).[3]

Biography

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Pavlo Dumka was born on 21 March 1854, in Kupchyntsi, now in the Ternopil Raion of the Ternopil Oblast.[3]

Studied at a carving school in Lviv. In 1874, he organized the Prosvita reading room in his native village.[3]

Died on 19 November 1918 in Drahomanivka, now Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast.[3]

Works

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In 1885 he made his debut as a poet. Dumka also contributed to the press on social and national-patriotic topics. Friended with Ivan Franko, Mykhailo Pavlyk, Vasyl Stefanyk, and Les Martovych.[3]

Posthumously, Dumka's collections of poetry "Vesnianka" (1970) and journalism and poetry "Molytva rilnyka" (1994) were published.[3]

References

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  1. ^ (in Ukrainian) Дуда І., Удіна Т., Мулярчук Іван Матвійович // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2005, V. 2: К—О, S. 578–579. — ISBN 966-528-199-2.
  2. ^ Головин, Б. Пам'ятник Павлу Думці // Тернопіль вечірній, 06.01.2000, s. 4.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Думка Павло Андрійович / Б. М. Савак // Енциклопедія Сучасної України [Електронний ресурс] / Редкол. : І. М. Дзюба, А. І. Жуковський, М. Г. Железняк [та ін.]; НАН України, НТШ, К. : Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України, 2008.

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