Volodymyr Antonovych

Volodymyr Antonovych
T. Meyerhoffer. Portrait of V. Antonovych, late 19th century.
T. Meyerhoffer. Portrait of V. Antonovych, late 19th century.
BornJanuary 18 [O.S. January 6] 1834
Makhnivka, Berdichevsky Uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedMarch 21 [O.S. March 8] 1908 (aged 74)
Kyiv, Russian Empire
Resting placeBaikove Cemetery, Kyiv, Ukraine
Occupationarcheologist, paleographer, historian, ethnographer, and civil activist
LanguageUkrainian, Polish, Russian
Alma materSt. Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev
Notable worksArchives of South-Western Russia (8 volumes)
SpouseKateryna Melnyk-Antonovych
ChildrenDmytro Antonovych
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Volodymyr Antonovych

Volodymyr Bonifatiyovych Antonovych (Ukrainian: Володимир Боніфатійович Антонович; Polish: Włodzimierz Antonowicz; Russian: Влади́мир Бонифа́тьевич Антоно́вич, tr. Vladímir Bonifát'evich Antonóvich; January 18 [O.S. January 6] 1834 – March 21 [O.S. March 8] 1908) was a prominent Ukrainian historian, archivist and archaeologist, who was known as one of the most prominent figures of the Ukrainian national revival movement in the Russian Empire. Antonovych was a longtime Professor of Russian history at Saint Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev and a correspondent-member of the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Sciences. His main work was an edition of the eight-section Archives of South-Western Russia.


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