Olena Pchilka

Olha Kosach
Ольга Косач
BornOlha Petrivna Drahomanova
(1849-06-29)29 June 1849
Hadiach, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died4 October 1930(1930-10-04) (aged 81)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Pen nameOlena Pchilka
Occupationwriter, civil activist
LanguageUkrainian
Alma materExemplary Boarding School of Noble Maidens (Kyiv)
SpousePetro Kosach
Children7, including Larysa, Olha, and Izydora
RelativesMykhailo Drahomanov (brother)

Olha Petrivna Kosach[a] (née Drahomanova[b] 29 June 1849 – 4 October 1930), better known by her pen name Olena Pchilka (Ukrainian: Олена Пчілка), was a Ukrainian publisher, writer, ethnographer, interpreter, and civil activist. She was the sister of Mykhailo Drahomanov and the mother of Lesya Ukrainka, Olha Kosach-Kryvyniuk, Mykhailo Kosach, Oksana Kosach-Shymanovska, Mykola Kosach, Izydora Kosach-Borysova and Yuriy Kosach.[1]


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  1. ^ Olga, Kosach-Kryvyniuk (1970). Леся Українка: Хронологія життя і творчості. New-York.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)