Yevhen Petrushevych | |
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Євген Петрушевич | |
President of the West Ukrainian People's Republic | |
In office 18 October 1918 – November 1919 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished Volodymyr Vynnychenko as head of the Directorate of Ukraine |
Personal details | |
Born | Busk, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire (now Busk, Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) | 3 June 1863
Died | 29 August 1940 Berlin, Nazi Germany | (aged 77)
Resting place | Lychakiv Cemetery, Lviv |
Yevhen Omelianovych Petrushevych (Ukrainian: Євге́н Омеля́нович Петруше́вич; 3 June 1863 – 29 August 1940) was a Ukrainian lawyer, politician, and president of the West Ukrainian People's Republic formed after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918.