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Avgustyn Monsignor Voloshyn | |
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Авґустин Волошин | |
President of Carpatho-Ukraine | |
In office March 15, 1939 – March 18, 1939 | |
Preceded by | post created |
Succeeded by | post dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | Kelecsény, Austria-Hungary (today Kelechyn, Ukraine) | March 17, 1874
Died | July 19, 1945 Butyrka prison in Moscow, Soviet Union | (aged 71)
Resting place | Olšany Cemetery, Prague |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Political party | Ruthenian Peasants Party (1920–1924) Ukrainian National Union (UNO, 1939)[1] |
Awards | |
The Rt Rev. Avgustyn Ivanovych Monsignor Voloshyn (Ukrainian: Авґустин Волошин, Августин Волошин, Czech: Augustin Monsignore Vološin, 17 March 1874 – 19 July 1945), also known as Augustin Voloshyn, was a Carpatho-Ukrainian politician, teacher, essayist, and Greek Catholic priest of the Mukacheve eparchy in Czechoslovakia.
He was president of independent Carpatho-Ukraine during its single day's existence (15 March 1939).