- Volodymyr Hnatiuk
Volodymyr Hnatiuk ( _uk. Володимир Гнатюк;
9 May 1871 Velesniv , Galicia;6 October 1926 Lviv ) was a Ukrainianethnographer ,writer ,literary scholar ,translator , andjournalist , and was one of the most influential and notable Ukrainian ethnographers.Hnatiuk focused primarily on
West Ukraine , gathering information about folk songs, legends, customs and dialects, among other areas.He was a close companion of
Mykhailo Hrushevsky andIvan Franko .Sources
* [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/pages/H/N/HnatiukVolodymyr.htm Mykola Mushynka. Hnatiuk, Volodymyr: Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 2 (1989).]
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