Orest Levytsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Orest Levytsky

Ukrainian historian, writer

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1848

Place of Birth: Maiachka, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 09-May-1922

Profession: historian

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Orest Levytsky

  • Orest Ivanovych Levytsky (1848 – 1922) was a Ukrainian historian, ethnographer, and writer.
  • He was a member of Kiev Hromada (Hromada), an editor of Kievan Past and a Russian language philologist. Born near Poltava, in Mayachka village, into the family of a priest, Levytsky graduated the Poltava Divinity School and Seminary in 1869.
  • In 1869-70 he worked as a private teacher in village Vepryk (near Hadiach).
  • As the best student, Levytsky was referred to be studied at a theological academy, but unexpectedly enrolled into the Law faculty of Kiev University.
  • Later he transferred to the History and Philology faculty, from which he graduated in 1874.
  • Led by Volodymyr Antonovych, in 1874 Levytsky defended his dissertation "Overview of internal history of Little Russia in the second half of 17th century". In 1874-1921 Levytsky was a secretary of the Provisional Commission in reviewing of old acts while teaching Russian language (1874-1909) in the Fourth Kiev Gymnasium and geography (1876-1877) in a music school.
  • In 1879-87 he was a chief deputy of the Kiev Central Archive.
  • He was one of founders of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine where he worked as a secretary in 1918-1920 and head of department on Social and Economical Sciences.

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