Ahatanhel Krymsky
Ukrainian academic (1871–1942) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ahatanhel Yukhymovych Krymsky (Ukrainian: Агатангел Юхимович Кримський, Russian: Агафангел Ефимович Крымский, romanized: Agafangel Yefimovich Krymsky; Crimean Tatar: Agatangel Krımskiy; 15 January [O.S. 3 January] 1871 – 25 January 1942) was a Ukrainian Orientalist, linguist, polyglot (knowing up to 35 languages), literary scholar, folklorist, writer, and translator. He was one of the founders of the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (VUAN) in 1918 and a full member of it and of the Shevchenko Scientific Society from 1903.
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Born | 15 January [O.S. 3 January] 1871 |
Died | 25 January 1942(1942-01-25) (aged 71) |
Alma mater | Lazarev Institute, Moscow University |
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Although Krymsky was not ethnically Ukrainian, he described himself as a "Ukrainophile".[1][2][3]
In 1941, he was arrested by the Soviet authorities as "Ukrainian nationalist," an "ideologist of Ukrainian nationalists," and a "head of nationalistic underground".[3] He was convicted in "Anti-Soviet nationalistic activities" and imprisoned in Kustanay General Prison No.7 (today near Kostanay, Kazakhstan).[3]