Fedir Lyzohub
Fedir Lyzohub | |
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Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine | |
In office 3 May 1918 – 8 July 1918 | |
Prime Minister | Mykola Sakhno-Ustymovych (acting) |
Preceded by | Mykhailo Tkachenko |
Succeeded by | Ihor Kistiakovsky |
Personal details | |
Born | Sedniv, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire | October 6, 1851
Died | 1928 (aged 76–77) Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Political party | Union of October 17 |
Spouse | Aleksandra Fedorovna Levits |
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Fedir Andriyovych Lyzohub (Ukrainian: Федір Андрійович Лизогуб; Russian: Фёдор Андреевич Лизогуб, Fyodor Andreevich Lizogub; 1851 — 1928) was a Ukrainian public and state figure, politician and the Otaman of Council of Ministers (Ukrainian State) in 1918. In 1917 he headed department of Foreign Subjects at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Republic.[1]
Biography
He was the son of Nadezhda Dmitrievna Dunin-Borkowska and Andriy Ivanovych Lyzohub, a poet and a friend of Taras Shevchenko.
Fedir Lyzohub founded the Poltava Museum of Regional Studies, ensured that the
On 19 August 1918 Lyzohub gave interview to German newspaper Berliner Tageblatt und Handels-Zeitung as Minister-President Lyzogub.[2]
In 8-14 November 1918 along with Skoropadsky, Lyzohub participated in secret negotiations with the Russian
The Minister of Internal Affairs in the Lyzohub government Viktor Reinbot in his memoirs has explained the situation as following: "Soon Premier Lyzohub departed for Odessa to adjust relations with the High Command of the Austria-Hungary and for negotiations with the Crimea, with which obviously groundlessly was instigated unnecessary customs war. In Odessa it was expected to arrange a conference about the "Southern Alliance" of Ukraine, Don, Kuban, and Terek".[2]
That trip was crucially needed due to change of political situation in Europe with the end of the
Family
Fedir Lyzohub was a distant descendant of
He had two brothers, Dmytro and Illya (who was married to Sofia Barshevska).
Fedir Lyzohub had four daughters (Olena, 1890; Lysaveta, 1892; Vira, 1897; Sofia, 1900).
See also
- Lyzohub Government, the longest serving governments of Ukraine in 1917-1920
References
- ^ a b Boiko, O. Lyzohub Fedir Andriyovych. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Ruslan Pyrih. The last mission of Premier Lyzohub or Skoropadsky against Denikin (Остання місія прем’єра Лизогуба чи Скоропадській проти Денікіна). Argumentua (from Istorynchna Pravda). 16 November 2018
External links
- Fedir Lyzohub at the History of Poltava portal.
- Fedir Lyzohub at the Cabinet of Ukrainewebsite