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Age71 years (at death)
BornJan 03, 1871
DeathJan 25, 1942
CountryRussian Empire, Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Ukraine
ProfessionPoet, anthropologist, historian, university teacher, writer, translator, philatelist
ZodiacCapricorn ♑
Born inVolodymyr
Ahatanhel Krymsky
Personal Facts, Age, Height and Biography of Ahatanhel Krymsky
was a Ukrainian Orientalist, linguist, polyglot (knowing up to 35 languages), literary scholar, folklorist, writer, and translator. He was one of the founders of the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (VUAN) in 1918 and a full member of it and the Shevchenko Scientific Society from 1903.
Although Krymsky was not ethnically Ukrainian, he described himself as a "Ukrainophile".
In 1941, he was arrested by the Soviet authorities as "Ukrainian nationalist," an "ideologist of Ukrainian nationalists", and a "head of nationalistic underground". He was convicted in "Anti-Soviet nationalistic activities" and imprisoned in Kustanay General Prison No.7 (today near Kostanay, Kazakhstan).
Although Krymsky was not ethnically Ukrainian, he described himself as a "Ukrainophile".
In 1941, he was arrested by the Soviet authorities as "Ukrainian nationalist," an "ideologist of Ukrainian nationalists", and a "head of nationalistic underground". He was convicted in "Anti-Soviet nationalistic activities" and imprisoned in Kustanay General Prison No.7 (today near Kostanay, Kazakhstan).
