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Olena Stepaniv
Olena Ivanivna Stepaniv (; 7 December 1892 – 11 July 1963; also Olena Iwaniwna Stepaniw, Yelena Ivanovna Stepaniv, and Olena Stepaniw-Daschkewytsch) was an Austro-Hungarian and Ukrainian soldier, public figure and economist. She is popularly known as the first female officer in the Ukrainian army. Life Stepaniv was born in Vyshnivchyk, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) in 1892. In 1912, she attended a meeting organised by Konstantyna Malytska for the "Women's Committee" in Lviv to prepare for war. Others at the meeting were Olena Zalizniak, Maria Biletska and Olha Basarab. They recommended that the money raised from the "National Combat Fund" be used to fund the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen. During the First World War she was a student at Lviv University. While still a student she was given the command of a platoon. She claimed that she joined the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen by dressing as a man. Her disguise was spotted and it was debated as to whether she should be detained; she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vyshnivchyk
Vyshnivchyk ( uk, Вишнівчик, also ''Vyshnivchyky'', pl, Wiśniowczyk) is a village in Ternopil Raion of Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. Vyshnivchyk belongs to Zolotnyky rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Located on the western bank of the Strypa river. It neighbours the village of Zarvanytsia. Its existence was first mentioned in writings in 1564 and currently has a population of 627. The village of Vyshnivchyk was part of Austrian Empire (until 1918), then again part of Poland (1918–1939), the Soviet Union (1944–1991) and since August 23, 1991 part of independent Ukraine. It contains a school to which children from four surrounding villages (Haevuronka, Zarvanytsia, Kutoziv and Sapuva) come to get knowledge, together with the children from Vyshnivchik. History At the time of World War II, Vyshnivchyk was under the control of the German army, and the neighboring village of Zarvanytsia was under the control of the Soviet army, as the Strypa river separate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
