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Vladimir Vinnichenko

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Vladimir Vinnichenko , 1880-1951, Ukrainian writer and statesman. Vinnichenko's early tales are naturalistic; his later novels concern the individual's conflict with society. Vinnichenko's witty and satirical dramas, including The Black Panther and the White Bear (1911), were internationally popular. He was repeatedly persecuted by the czarist government for revolutionary activities. In 1918 he was named president of the Ukrainian directorate, for a while heading the People's Republic. His Rebirth of a Nation (3 vol., 1920) deals with the history of the revolution (1917-20) in Ukraine.... Read more
Ukraine
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... over a diminished Cossack state, sought once again to free Ukraine from Russian domination; he thus joined Sweden ... president; in June, 1917, it formed a government with Vladimir Vinnichenko as premier and Simon Petlura as war minister. Originally ... Read more
Ukrainian literature
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... cent. literary figures include the novelist Olha Kobylanska (1868-1942) and the novelist and political writer Vladimir Vinnichenko . Many Ukrainian writers were killed or deported by the Soviet regime during the 1930s, among them the dramatist ... Read more

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