Baron Fyodor "Teodor" Rudolphovich Shteingel (russian: Фёдор Рудольфович Штейнгель, german: Theodor von Steinheil, 9 December 1870,

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

– 11 April 1946

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) was a Ukrainian archaeologist, philanthropist, and nationalist politician. After graduating from

Kyiv University Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

, he established a school, hospital, co-operative, and reading room in Horodok, Rivne Oblast. Finally, in 1902, he contributed the Horodok Museum, where he deposited his archeological, historical, and ethnographic collections. In 1906 he was elected as deputy for

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to the

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where he joined the Ukrainian caucus. He became a member of the

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and vice-president of the Ukrainian Scientific Society. Following the February Revolution of 1917 he chaired the executive committee of the Kyiv City Duma, the forerunner of the

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. In 1918 was sent as a diplomatic envoy to

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by the Ukrainian Hetmanate. He subsequently returned to Western Ukraine in the twenties but left for

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in 1939.

Shteingel's palace, Horodok

Shteingel's palace is preserved as a cultural heritage site.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shteingel, Teodor 1870 births 1946 deaths Politicians from Kyiv Baltic German people from the Russian Empire Ukrainian people in the Russian Empire Russian Constitutional Democratic Party members Ukrainian Democratic Party (1904) politicians Industry ministers of Ukraine Trade ministers of Ukraine Members of the 1st State Duma of the Russian Empire Ambassadors of Ukraine to Germany Members of the Grand Orient of Russia's Peoples Ukrainian archaeologists Ukrainian educational theorists Ukrainian philanthropists Museum directors