Oleksandr Konyskyj
Oleksandr Jakowytsch Konyskyj ( Ukrainian Олександр Якович Кониський , Russian Александр Яковлевич Кониский / Alexander Yakovlevich Koniski * August 6 jul. / 18th August 1836 greg. In Perechodiwka , Chernigov Governorate , Russian Empire , † November 29 jul. / December 12 1900 greg. In Kiev , Kiev Governorate , Russian Empire) was a Ukrainian lawyer, journalist, writer and translator.
Life
Oleksandr Konyskyj's literary activity began in 1858. Among other things, he wrote textbooks, poems, novels and theater reviews, wrote essays on Ukrainian history, a Russian-Ukrainian dictionary and a biography of Taras Shevchenko . Konyskyj gained fame as the lyricist of the well-known sacred song Prayer for Ukraine ( Молитва за Україну ). He also translated numerous writings from Russian into Ukrainian. His works were banned in the Soviet Union from the 1920s to the 1980s .
In 1863 he was arrested on suspicion of anti-government affiliation and exiled first to the city of Vologda and later to Totma . In 1866 he returned to Ukraine and lived in Jelisavetgrad , Bobrynez and Yekaterinoslav . In 1872 he moved to Kiev, where he ran a law firm. In 1873 he was a co-founder of the Shevchenko Society in Lviv. He died at the age of 64 in Kiev and was buried there in the Baikowe cemetery .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography of Oleksandr Konyskyj in the Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine; accessed on October 31, 2016 (Ukrainian)
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| SURNAME | Konyskyj, Oleksandr |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Konyskyj, Oleksandr Jakowytsch (full name); Кониський, Олександр Якович (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian lawyer, journalist, writer and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Perekhodivka , Chernigov Governorate , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1900 |
| Place of death | Kiev , Kiev Governorate , Russian Empire |