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MYROSLAV SICHYNSKYI PAPERS |
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Scope: 1910-1943 |
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BIOGRAPHY Myroslav Sichynskyi was born in Chernykhivtsi, Zbarazh county. On April 12, 1908 he assassinated the viceroy of Galicia, Andrzej Potocki, in protest against Polish violence and fraud in the 1908 election. After his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by the Austrian emperor, he escaped and in 1915 was accepted as a political refugee by the United States. He then became active member of the Ukrainian-American community. He edited the papers Robitnyk, Narod, Ukrains'ka hazeta, and Ukrains'ka hromada. He also helped found the Ukrainian Federation of the Socialist Party and the Oborona Ukrainy organization, and was active in the Federation of Ukrainians in the United States and the Ukrainian Fraternal Association. |
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