Dmytro Antonovych (14 November 1877, in

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– 12 October 1945, in

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) was a

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politician and art historian.

Family

Professor Dmytro Antonovych was the son of two Ukrainian historians: his father was

Volodymyr Antonovych Volodymyr Antonovych ( ukr, Володимир Боніфатійович Антонович, tr. ''Volodymyr Bonifatijovych Antonovych''; pl, Włodzimierz Antonowicz; russian: Влади́мир Бонифа́тьевич Антоно́вич, ...

and his mother was Kateryna Antonovych-Melnyk (1859–1942), an archaeologist from the city of Khorol (today –

Poltava Oblast Poltava Oblast ( uk, Полта́вська о́бласть, translit=Poltavska oblast; also referred to as Poltavshchyna – uk, Полта́вщина, literally 'Poltava Country') is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative ...

). He married the artist and art historian Kateryna Antonovych, and was the father of Marko Antonovych and Mykhailo Antonovych.

Career

In 1900–1905, he was one of the founders and leaders of the

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(RUP), established in 1900 in the city of

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, and he served as the minister of naval affairs of the

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, in cabinets headed by

Volodymyr Vynnychenko Volodymyr Kyrylovych Vynnychenko ( ua, Володимир Кирилович Винниченко, – March 6, 1951) was a Ukrainian statesman, political activist, writer, playwright, artist, who served as the first Prime Minister of Ukraine. ...

and

Vsevolod Holubovych Vsevolod Oleksandrovych Holubovych ( uk, Всеволод Олександрович Голубович; February 1885 – 16 May 1939) was the Prime Minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic from January to March 1918. Early period Holubov ...

(1917-1918), and the minister of arts in

Volodymyr Chekhivsky Volodymyr Musiyovych Chekhivsky ( uk, Володимир Мусійович Чехівський; russian: Владимир Моисеевич Чеховский; July 19, 1876 in Kiev Governorate – November 3, 1937 in Sandarmokh) was a Ukrainia ...

’s government (1918/1919).Council of National Ministers of the Ukrainian National Republic
/ref> Then Antonovych was the president of the Ukrainian diplomatic mission of the UNR in

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References

External links

Antonovych, Dmytro in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 1 (1984).
{{DEFAULTSORT:Antonovych, Dmytro 1877 births 1945 deaths Politicians from Kyiv People from Kievsky Uyezd Ukrainian people of Polish descent Revolutionary Ukrainian Party politicians Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party politicians Russian Constituent Assembly members Members of the Central Council of Ukraine Diplomats from Kyiv Ukrainian art historians National University of Kharkiv alumni