Pavlo Tychyna

Pavlo Tychyna
Павло Тичина
Tychyna c. 1924
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
1953–1959
PresidentMykhailo Hrechukha
Demian Korotchenko
Preceded byOleksandr Korniychuk
Succeeded byOleksandr Korniychuk
Member of Verkhovna Rada
In office
1938–1967
Minister of Education of Ukr SSR
In office
1943–1948
Prime MinisterLeonid Korniyets
Nikita Khrushchev
Demian Korotchenko
Preceded bySerhiy Bukhalo
Succeeded byHryhoriy Pinchuk
Member of Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
In office
1946–1962
Deputy Chairman of Supreme Soviet Soviet of Nationalities
In office
1954–1962
PresidentVilis Lācis
Jānis Peive
Personal details
Born
Pavlo Hryhorovych Tychyna

(1891-01-23)January 23, 1891
Pisky, Russian Empire (Now Pisky, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine)
Died16 September 1967(1967-09-16) (aged 76)
Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (Now Kyiv, Ukraine)
Resting placeBaikove Cemetery, Kyiv
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyCPSU (1944-)
CP(b)U (1952-1959, 1960-)
Residence(s)Kharkiv, Kyiv, Ufa
Alma materKyiv Commercial Institute
OccupationPoet, academician, interpreter, publicist
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine1929 - 1967
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Pavlo Hryhorovych Tychyna (Ukrainian: Павло Григорович Тичина; 23 January [O.S. 11 January] 1891 – September 16, 1967) was a major Ukrainian poet, translator, publicist, public activist, academician, and statesman. He composed the lyrics to the Anthem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.