Zenon Frantsyskovych Kuzelia (23 June 1882 – 24 May 1952) was a prominent

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linguist, bibliographer, historian, journalist, and civil activist. He was born in a family of

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in the village of Poruchyn (today's in Ternopil Raion). Kuzelia studied at Berezhany gymnasium where he organized a secret club called "Young Ukraine". After finishing the gymnasium in 1900, he enrolled in the Lviv University. Kuzelia, however, soon moved to Vienna, where he continued to study at the

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and headed the Ukrainian student society "Sich". After graduating he worked in

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, and in 1909 he moved to

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, while also becoming a member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in

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. With the start of the

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Kuzelia moved back to

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, where he worked for a community. From 1916 to 1920 he conducted a culturally educational work for the interned in the camp near Salzwedel (Germany). After moving to

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, Kuzelia was an editor of a journal called "Ukrainske Slovo" (Ukrainian Word) and publications such as "Ukrainische Kulturberichte" and "Ukrains'ka Nakladnya". In 1943 there was published a big "Ukrainian-German dictionary" that was edited by Zenon Kuzelia and

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, which even to this day is an unsurpassed work. From 1944 to 1952 Kuzelia worked in

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as a head of the Ukrainian Student Assistance Commission which helped the Ukrainian students abroad. Along with it he continued to work in mentioned publications and was a co-author of the first part of

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(Munich - New-York, 1949). In 1949 Kuzelia was appointed the head of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Since 1951 Kuzelia lived in

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Bibliography

* Pohrebennyk, F. ''"Kuzelya Zenon Frantsyskovcyh"'' (Encyclopedia. Ukrainian Language.) "Ukrainian Encyclopedia". Kiev, 2000. * Volynets, N. ''"Name which will say a lot"''. "Zhaivir". 1992 * Demsky, M. ''"Another one from undeservedly forgotten ones"''. "Ukrainske slovo". 1994.

External links

* Mykola Mushynka
Kuzelia, Zenon
Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine 1882 births 1952 deaths People from Ternopil Oblast 20th-century Ukrainian historians Linguists from Ukraine Ukrainian language activists Members of the Shevchenko Scientific Society Ukrainian art historians 20th-century linguists 20th-century Ukrainian journalists {{Ukraine-linguist-stub