Yevhen Chykalenko

Yevhen Kharlampiyovych Chykalenko (Ukrainian: Євге́н Харла́мпійович Чикале́нко; born 21 December 1861 in Pereschory, Kherson Governorate; died 20 June 1929 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a Ukrainian public figure, philanthropist, landowner, publisher and patron of the arts. He was one of the initiators of the convocation of the Central Rada in 1917.[1] He played an important role in the Ukrainian national revival in the early 20th century by co-funding the only Ukrainian-language newspapers in the Russian Empire.[2]

Chykalenko in 1897

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Pushkin Street in Kyiv was renamed Yevhen Chykalenko Street in his honor.[3]

See also

References
  1. Shapoval, Yuriy (28 June 2022). "Authentic Stories: A Pocket, Ukraine, and Yevhen Chykalenko". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  2. "Chykalenko, Yevhen". encyclopediaofukraine.com. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  3. Ash, Timothy Garton (19 August 2023). "Putin, Pushkin and the decline of the Russian empire". Financial Times. Retrieved 23 August 2023.


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