Heorhiy Narbut
Heorhiy Narbut ( uk, Георгій Іванович Нарбут, in Narbutivka — 23 May 1920 in Kyiv) was the most important Ukrainian graphic designer of the twentieth century. He is known for designing the Ukrainian National Republic's coat of arms, banknotes, postage stamps, charters, and for his many illustrations in books and magazines. He is also known as Georgy Narbut and George Narbut. He was a brother of a noted Acmeist poet Vladimir Narbut. Biography Heorhiy Narbut was born in the village Narbutivka, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) not far off from Hlukhiv. His family had origins of ancient Lithuanian nobility. His first painting education was self-taught. Saint Petersburg At about age 20, Narbut settled in Saint Petersburg from 1906 to 1917. There he studied with painters Ivan Bilibin and Mstislav Dobuzhinsky. In 1909, Narbut continued some of his studies in Munich, in the school of Simon Hollósy. After his return to Saint Petersburg he joined the organizat ...
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Chernigov Governorate
The Chernigov Governorate (russian: Черниговская губерния; translit.: ''Chernigovskaya guberniya''; ), also known as the Government of Chernigov, was a guberniya in the historical Left-bank Ukraine region of the Russian Empire, which was officially created in 1802 from the Malorossiya Governorate with an administrative centre of Chernihiv. The Little Russian Governorate was transformed into the General Government of Little Russia and consisted of Chernigov Governorate, Poltava Governorate, and later Kharkov Governorate. Chernigov Governorate borders are roughly consistent with the modern Chernihiv Oblast, but also included a large section of Sumy Oblast and smaller sections of the Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, in addition to most of the Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Administrative division The governorate consisted of 15 uyezds (their administrative centres in brackets): * Borznyansky Uyezd (Borzna) * Glukhovsky Uyezd ( Glukhov/Hlukhiv) * Gorodnyansky Uyezd ( Goro ...
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