Eugene Archipenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Ukrainian scientist and politician
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Place of Birth: Kaharlyk, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
About Eugene Archipenko
- Eugene Porfirovych Archipenko (Ukrainian: ????? ?????????? ?????????) (1884–1959) was a Ukrainian politician, agronomist, and beekeeper. Archipenko was born in Kaharlyk, Ukraine to Porfiry Antonowych Archipenko and Poroskowia Vassylivna Machowa.
- He was the older brother to sculptor Alexander Archipenko.
- In his young adulthood, Eugene Archipenko was employed as a beekeeper and from 1906 to 1909 published the periodical ?????????? ???????????? ("Ukrainian Beekeeper").
- Archipenko taught agronomy at St Vladimir University in Kiev and published a number of textbooks on agronomy and beekeeping. From 1919 to 1920 Archipenko was a minister of Agrarian Affairs in the Council of People's Ministers of the Ukrainian People's Republic.
- In 1921, he was forced into exile.
- He lived in Germany from 1944 and died in Dornstadt, West Germany.
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