Ivan Steshenko
Ivan Steshenko | |
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Іван Стешенко | |
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| Minister of Education | |
| In office 28 June 1917[1] – 30 January 1918 | |
| Prime Minister | Volodymyr Vynnychenko |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Nykyfor Hryhoriiv |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 June 1873 Kiev University |
| Occupation | Civic and political activist, writer, translator, statesman |
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Ivan Matviiovych Steshenko (
pen-surnames
: Serdeshny, Sichovyk, Svitlenko, and Stepura.
Biography
Abram Manevich, Oleksandr Murashko, Fedir Krychevsky, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ivan Steshenko, Mykola Burachek. Standing: Heorhiy Narbut, Vasyl Krychevsky, Mykhailo Boychuk
.Steshenko studied in
Kievskaya Starina
.
Upon returning to Kiev, he became the leader of the
Lysenko Music and Drama School
. During that time he was also a secretary and a deputy-chairman of the Ukrainian Scientific Society. In 1913–14 he was an editor for the Kiev monthly periodical Siayvo, and in 1908 he published a history of Ukrainian drama.
After the
Tsentralna Rada. Steshenko also was one of the founders of the Society of School Education. Later he was appointed first as the Secretary and then as the Minister of Education. Steshenko also founded the State Academy of Arts. Soon Steshenko was murdered while on vacation. His assassin was never found. Ivan Steshenko was buried in the Baikove Cemetery
in Kiev.
Out of his translations were works of Ovid, Friedrich Schiller, Alexander Pushkin, Lord Byron, and others.
Bolshevik
organization of the Zinkiv Povit, and was executed by one of the members of the organization. His name's Bashlovka. The reason why Steshenko was sentenced to be executed is unknown."
Family
Steshenko had a wife Oksana Steshenko, a daughter and a son:
Mykhailo Starytskyi
, father of Oksana.
References
- Radio Free Europe(28 June 2017)
External links
- Biography of Steshenko (in English)
- Biography at Ukraine Young (in Ukrainian)
- Individual Terror (anti-Ukrainism) (in Ukrainian)
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