Drahomanov, Svitozor

Drahomanov, Svitozor [Драгоманов, Світозор], b 11 July 1884 in Plainpalais, Switzerland, d 4 December 1958 in Rochester, New York State, USA. Economist; son of Mykhailo Drahomanov. A professor at several institutions in Kyiv from 1922 to 1930 (including Kyiv Architecture Institute and Kyiv State Art Institute), Drahomanov was dismissed from all teaching positions with the advent of anti-Ukrainian repressions in the 1930s. He moved to Germany during the Second World War, in 1943, and later emigrated to the United States of America. He served as a professor at the Ukrainian Technical and Husbandry Institute. His published works include Dribni zemlevolodinnia na Poltavshchyni (Small Landholdings in the Poltava Region), Munitsypal'ni pidpryiemstva v Shvaitsariï (Municipal Enterprises in Switzerland), and articles on socioeconomic themes.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 1 (1984).]