Mykola Mikhnovsky

Mykola Mikhnovsky
Микола Міхновський
Personal details
Born
Mykola Ivanovich Mikhnovsky

(1873-03-31)31 March 1873
Turivka, Russian Empire
(now Ukraine)
Died3 May 1924(1924-05-03) (aged 51)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyRevolutionary Ukrainian Party
Alma materKyiv University
Occupation
  • Independence activist
  • Lawyer
  • Journalist
Military service
Allegiance Russian Empire
Branch/serviceImperial Russian Army
Years of service1914–1919
RankLieutenant
Battles/warsWorld 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]

  1. ^ "Рідна віра - Микола Міхновський". svit.in.ua. Retrieved 18 June 2017.