Oleh Olschytsch

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Oleh Olschytsch

Oleh Olzhych ( Ukrainian Олег Ольжич ; actually Oleh Olexandrowytsch Kandyba - Олег Олександрович Кандиба * 8. July 1907 in Zhytomyr ; † 10. June 1944 in Sachsenhausen concentration camp ) was a Ukrainian poet , writer and prehistory .

Life

Oleh Olschytsch's father was the well-known Ukrainian poet Oleksandr Oles . His mother - Wira Swadowska - was a high school teacher. The family moved to Kiev in 1909 and later to the nearby spa town of Pushcha-Vodytsia . Oleh witnessed Makhnovshchina from 1917–1922. During this time he attended a middle school. In 1919 his father was cultural attaché of the People's Republic of Ukraine in Budapest. In January 1923 the family emigrated first to Berlin for a short time and from there to Černošice and later to Řevnice near Prague .

Writing

Olschytsch studied at the “Ukrainian Citiziens Committee” until 1924 and then at the philosophical faculty of Charles University in Prague . He was invited to the USA and Italy, where he gave a series of lectures.

His doctoral thesis on painted Neolithic vessels in Galicia and the monograph Schipenitz: Art and Equipment of a Neolithic Village were his main scientific work.

In addition to his scientific publications, he was also active as a poet, with only two of his works - Rin '(Gravel, 1935) and Vezhi (Towers, 1940) appeared during his lifetime. Three other works - Pidzamche (Near the Castle, 1946), Poezii (Poems, 1956) and Velychnist '(Majesty, 1969) - appeared posthumously. The latter contains all the works represented in the collections and also the works not represented in them that have appeared in newspapers. In 1991 Mikuláš Nevrlý published a complete collection of Olschytsch's works, with a bibliography.

Political activity

Since 1929 Olschytsch was a member of the organization of the "Ukrainian Nationalists ( OUN )" and from 1939–1941 head of the "Revolutionary Court" of this organization.

Olschytsch was one of the founders and leaders of Carpathian Ukraine , which emerged after the collapse of Czechoslovakia in 1939. After the split of the OUN he stood on the side of the moderate " Melnykists " in opposition to the " Banderists ". During the German occupation of the Ukraine in 1941 and 1942 he was involved in building the illegal network of the OUN. From January 1944 until his arrest on May 25, 1944 by the Gestapo in Lemberg , he was a member of the leadership of the OUN. Olschytsch died on the night of June 9th to 10th, 1944 during a Gestapo interrogation in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp .

Aftermath

Olschytsch received numerous honors in Ukraine. In Mykolaiv, for example, the “General Education One to Three-Level Oleh Olschytsch School No. 1 ”named after him. Streets, for example in Kiev , also bear his name.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Olžyč, Oleh: Schipenitz: Art u. Equipment of a Neolithic village. - Vienna, Leipzig: A. Schroll & Co., 1937.
  2. ↑ a b c Entry on Oleh Olschytsch in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine (English)
  3. ↑ http://gazeta.ua/index.php?&id=172448&eid=406
  4. ↑ https://mk.isuo.org/ru/schools/view/id/8439
  5. ↑ https://kartagoroda.com.ua/Киев/улица_Олега_Ольжича

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personal data
SURNAME Olschytsch, Oleh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Olžyč, Oleh; Kandyba, Oleh; Olzhych, Oleh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian writer, poet and prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Zhytomyr
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1944
Place of death Sachsenhausen concentration camp