- Michael Starytsky
Michael Starytsky (1840–1904), also known as "Mykhailo", "Mikhailo" and "Mikhail", was a Ukrainian
writer andpoet . He was the cousin of the famousMykola Lysenko . He supplied a lot of information for the composer's biography. Starytsky wrote liberettos, songs, stories, dramas and poems.External links
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