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Petro Ivanovych Franko (Ukrainian: Петро Іванович Франко; 21 June 1890 – 28 June 1941)[1] was a Ukrainian educator, pedagogue, writer, ethnographer, scientist, military leader, and politician.[2] Franko was a co-founder of the Plast, a Ukrainian Scouting Organization and a former member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society.[3]

Petro Ivanovych Franko Петро Іванович Франко
Born	(1890-06-21)21 June 1890 Nahuievychi, Austria-Hungary
Died	28 June 1941(1941-06-28) (aged 51) Ternopil Oblast, Soviet Union
Occupation	Scientist, writer, and politician

Early life and education

Franko was born to Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko[2] in Nahuievychi of Drohobych powiat (Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria) on 21 June 1890.

He graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic Institute.[4]

He completed training as a pilot in 1916 at the flight school in Railovac, near Sarajevo.[5]

Career

Until World War I Franko was a teacher in a Ukrainian gymnasium in Lemberg. During that time he published a book Plast's games (Пластові ігри та забави).[4]

From 1914 Franko served as a poruchik (Lieutenant) in the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen where commanded a company (sotnia). In 1918 he organized an aviation school of the Ukrainian Galician Army Command Center which was active until 1920.[2][5]

He later worked as a teacher in Kolomyia (Second Polish Republic). From 1931–1936 he worked as a chemical engineer in the scientific-research institute in Kharkiv (Soviet Union). During that time, he became an author of 36 patented inventions. Before World War II, he lectured at the Lwow trade-economic institute as well as in the city of Jaworow (again in Poland). In 1940, he was elected as a deputy to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic's Verkhovna Rada.[4]

With the start of Operation Barbarossa (part of World War II) in June 1941, he was detained by Soviet authorities and transported out of Lviv.[4]

Works

He was the author of several books, including the historical novellas Makhnivska Popivna (Махнівська попівна), In ancient woods of Brazil (В пралісах Бразилії), memoirs Ivan Franko from up close (Іван Франко зблизька), a movie script of Boryslav Laughs (Борислав сміється) and others.[4]

Death and legacy

Franko died under unknown circumstances. Some sources claim that he died on 28 June 1941 during his attempt to escape at the Proshov railway station near Ternopil while being transported by train. Another sources claim that he was killed by NKVD operatives in the summer months of the same year.[4]

A mural to Franko was unveiled in Aviakonstruktora Antonova Street in Kyiv.[5][6]

In 2011 the Lviv regional council posthumously awarded the Petro with the "90th anniversary of the proclamation of the Western Ukrainian People's Republic" award.[1]

The 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian air force bears his name.

Family

Franko was married twice, the second time to culinary writer, Olga Franko.[7]

He has two daughters, Vira and Ivanna who live with their children in Kyiv.[2]

References

External links

• Works by or about Petro Franko at Internet Archive

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[ru] Франко, Пётр Иванович

Пётр Иванович Франко (укр. Петро́ Іва́нович Франко; 28 июня 1890 (1890-06-28), Нагуевичи — 6 июля 1941) — украинский педагог, учёный — химик и экономист, литератор, этнограф и общественный деятель. Сын классика украинской литературы Ивана Яковлевича Франко и брат литературоведа Тараса Ивановича Франко.

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