Mykola Kindratovych Voronyi ( uk, Мико́ла Кіндра́тович Ворони́й, link=no, ; December 6, 1871, – June 7, 1938) was a

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writer, poet, actor, director, and political activist. Born in

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in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate, he acted in the troupes of

Marko Kropyvnytskyi Mark Lukych Kropyvnytskii ( uk, Марко Лукич Кропивницький; russian: Марк Лукич Кропивницкий, translit=Mark Lukich Kropivnitsky; 7 May 1840 – 21 April 1910), commonly known as Marko Kropyvnytskyi, w ...

and the Ruska Besida Theatre. Voronyi was a founding member of the

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. He was also a founder of the Ukrainian National Theater in 1917."Vorony, Mykola"
by Ivan Koshelivets, ''

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'', vol. 5 (1993) In 1938 he was executed in

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by the NKVD troika on accusations to belong to the Ukrainian militarist and nationalist organization.Syundyukov, Igor
"Життя «непоправного ідеаліста»"
he life of the 'irreparable idealist' ''

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'', 26 September 2013. (In Ukrainian)

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1871 births 1938 deaths People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate Members of the Central Council of Ukraine Revolutionary Ukrainian Party politicians Ukrainian writers Ukrainian poets Ukrainian male stage actors Ukrainian Discourse Theatre Translators of William Shakespeare Great Purge victims from Ukraine Soviet rehabilitations {{Ukraine-actor-stub