For example , Yelyzaveta Myloradovich , a noblewoman from Poltava , donated 20,000 Austrian crowns to the Shevchenko Scientific Society .
The amount sent by these private individuals from Russian - ruled Ukraine to Ukrainophile causes likely equalled the subsidies sent by the Russian government to Galician Russophiles .
Yelyzaveta Myloradovich , a noblewoman from Poltava , donated 20,000 Austrian crowns to the Shevchenko Scientific Society .
The amount sent by these private individuals from Russian - ruled Ukraine to Ukrainophile causes likely equalled the subsidies sent by the Russian government to Galician Russophiles .