Yevhen Petrushevych

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yevhen Petrushevych (Ukrainian: ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) (June 3, 1863 in Busk, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Kronland of Austro-Hungary - August 29, 1940 in Berlin, Germany) was a Ukrainian lawyer, politician, and president of the Western Ukrainian National Republic formed after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire in 1918. He was born on June 3, 1863, in the town of Busk, of Galicia in the clerical family of a Greek-Catholic priest. After finishing the Academic Gymnasium he studied at Law faculty of the Lviv University, where he was one of the leaders of the student's movement and headed the Academic Fraternity. Being awarded a Doctor's degree in law, he opened a law office in Sokal. He was regarded with favor by people because of his professionalism in defending them from the self-will of powers. At the same time he headed the district Prosvita educational society and was an organizer of the cultural and educational life. He became an active member of Ukrainian National Democratic Party formed in 1899.

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