Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Михайло Грушевський
1866–1934
○ Died
Historian who wrote Ukraine as a distinct historical subject, and chairman of the Central Rada
In March 1917 the Central Rada elected him chairman in absentia while he was still in exile in Moscow, and his return raised hope for uniting the democratic forces.
The historian whose History of Ukraine-Rus wrote Ukraine as a distinct historical subject, he chaired the Central Rada in 1917 and 1918. He returned to Soviet Ukraine in 1924 and died under surveillance in 1934.
Career timeline
- 1890Graduated Kyiv University, gold medal for graduation thesis
- 1894Professor of history at Lviv University
- 1897Chairman of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (1897–1913)
- 1917Chairman of the Central Rada (1917–1918), elected in absentia
- 1919Founded the Ukrainian Sociological Institute in Vienna
- 1924Returned to Soviet Ukraine, academician of VUAN
- 1929Full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences
- 1931Arrested on charges of counter-revolutionary activity