Kotsko, Adam [Коцко, Адам; Kocko], b 24 December 1882 in Sholomyia, Bibrka county, Galicia, d 1 July 1910 in Lviv. Student activist. He was a member of the clandestine Committee of Ukrainian Youth (KUM), which spearheaded the campaign for a Ukrainian university in Lviv. Killed in a clash with Polish students at Lviv University, he is remembered as a martyr by generations of Ukrainian students.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 2 (1988).]


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