Yuriy Fedkovych [SEP] place of death
Yuriy Fedkovych
Osyp Yuriy Fedkovych (, 8 August 1834, Putyla - 11 January 1888, Chernivtsi) was a Ukrainian writer, poet, folklorist and translator.
Biography.
He edited the first Ukrainian-language newspaper in Bukovina.
In 1989 Chernivtsi University was renamed Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University in his memory.
Works.
- ' The soldier's daughter'. Translated by Roma Franko. In Sonia Morris, ed., "From days gone by: selected prose fiction", Toronto: Language
time hid in the house of Baal Shem Tov and gave him his pipe as a token of friendship.
Legacy.
After his death, his legacy was extended by several of his companions and/or people that idolized him: Vasyl Bayurak (a memorial plate is erected in Ivano-Frankivsk that mentions of his execution), Maksym Zalizniak, Ustym Karmaliuk, and many others.
His legend entered Ukrainian folklore and was the subject of various artistic works, by, among others, the writers Ivan Franko and Yuriy Fedkovych.