Mykola Mikhnovsky | |
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Микола Міхновський | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mykola Ivanovich Mikhnovsky 31 March 1873 Turivka, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
Died | 3 May 1924 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | (aged 51)
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Political party | Revolutionary Ukrainian Party |
Alma mater | Kyiv University |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | Russian Empire |
Branch/service | Imperial Russian Army |
Years of service | 1914–1919 |
Rank | Lieutenant |
Battles/wars | World War I Russian Civil War |
Mykola Ivanovych Mikhnovsky (Ukrainian: Мико́ла Іва́нович Міхно́вський; 31 March [O.S. 19 March] 1873 – 3 May 1924) was a Ukrainian independence activist, lawyer and journalist who was one of the early leaders of the Ukrainian nationalist movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mikhnovsky was the author of the pamphlet Independent Ukraine, one of the organisers of the Ukrainian People's Army, and co-founder of the first political party in eastern Ukraine, the Revolutionary Ukrainian Party, as well as the co-founder and leader of various other parties, including the Ukrainian People's Party, the Ukrainian Democratic Party, and the Brotherhood for Self-Determination.[1]