Khrystofor Antonovich Baranovsky (; ; — 1941) was a financial expert and a leader of cooperative movement in the

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, and

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. He was born in the village of Nemyryntsi, Berdychiv uyezd, in the

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of the

(in present-day Ruzhyn, in the

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). Baranovsky held the chair of the General Secretariat together with

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(Secretary of Internal Affairs). He did not have any political affiliation. Baranovsky was born in a peasant family. He did not earn a general education, but his Financial Talent made him the leader of the Ukrainian

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movement. In December 1913, Baranovsky was admitted to the International Co-operative Alliance.Svoboda members honored the first finance minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic Khrystofor Baranovsky
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he established the ''Soyuzbank'' in Kiev. In 1917 with Fedir Kryzhanivsky Baranovsky established the '' Ukrainbank'' and became its head director. Since 1919 he chaired the board of the Central Ukrainian cooperative union - Central. In 1920, Baranovsky emigrated to

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where he died some 20 years later.

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General Secretariat
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Council of National Ministers
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". Kyiv 2003. 1874 births 1941 deaths People from Zhytomyr Oblast People from Berdichevsky Uyezd Finance ministers of Ukraine Members of the Central Council of Ukraine Ukrainian cooperative organizers Ukrainian politicians before 1991 Ukrainian bankers Ukrainian emigrants to Brazil {{Ukraine-bio-stub