Opanas Markevych

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Opanas Markevych
Markevych's grave in Chernihiv

Opanas Wassylowytsch Markewytsch ( Ukrainian Опанас Васильович Маркович , Russian Афанасий Васильевич Маркович / Afanassi Vasilyevich Markovich * January 27 . Jul / 8. February  1822 greg. In Kulaschynzi , Poltava Governorate , Russian Empire ; † August 20 jul. / September 1  1867 greg. In Chernihiv , Chernihiv Governorate , Russian Empire) was a Ukrainian folklorist, ethnologist , social activist and member of the Cyril and Method Brotherhood .

Life

Opanas Markewytsch was born in 1822 in the village of Kulaschynzi, today in the Hrebinka district of the Ukrainian Oblast of Poltava, and spent his childhood and youth there. In 1836 he finished school and went to the Second Kiev School of St. Vladimir University , where his close relative Mychajlo Maxymowytsch was rector and taught him, among other things, history and literature. So he became a passionate lover of Ukrainian folklore. Between 1842 and 1846 he studied at the University of Kiev.

In May and June 1847 he was arrested as a member of the Kyrill-und-Method-Brotherhood and exiled to Oryol . On December 25, 1850, he married the Ukrainian writer Marko Vovchok , with whom he returned to Ukraine in 1851. In the spring of 1859 he moved to Saint Petersburg and began a stay abroad on May 11, 1859. Together with his family he visited Germany, London and Switzerland. On August 19, 1860, he returned to Saint Petersburg, where he was involved in the publication of the scientific and literary monthly magazine "Basis" ( Основа ) and often met with Taras Shevchenko . In the middle of 1861 he moved to the Chernigov Governorate in Ukraine.

Opanas Markewytsch collected numerous folkloric and ethnographic material, which was published by Amwrosij Metlynskyj , Volodymyr Antonowytsch and Mychajlo Drahomanow , among others .

He died of tuberculosis at the age of 45 in Chernihiv and was buried there in the Boldyni Mountains.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography Opanas Markewytsch on UA-History ; accessed on February 21, 2017 (Ukrainian)
  2. ^ Entry on Opanas Markevych in the Library of Ukrainian Literature ; accessed on July 26, 2019 (Ukrainian)
  3. ↑ Biography of Opanas Markewytsch on the website of the city of Hrebinka ; accessed on February 21, 2017 (Ukrainian)
personal data
SURNAME Markevych, Opanas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Markewytsch, Opanas Wassylowytsch (full name); Маркевич, Опанас Васильович (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian folklorist, ethnologist and social activist
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Kulaschynzi , Poltava Governorate , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1867
Place of death Chernihiv , Chernihiv Governorate , Russian Empire