Figol, Atanas

Figol, Atanas [Фіґоль, Атанас; Figol'], b 11 May 1908 in Kolomyia, Galicia, d 31 July 1993 in Munich, Germany. Civic figure, son of Ivan Figol, from 1966 professor at the Ukrainian Technical and Husbandry Institute in Munich. In Lviv Figol was active in the student movement. In 1941–5 he worked for the Ukrainian Central Committee as its representative in Germany. From 1945 he lived in Munich. He was active in the Plast Ukrainian Youth Association: in 1945–52 as president of the Union of Ukrainian Scouts in exile and as director of Molode Zhyttia in Munich, publishers of Entsyklopediia ukraïnoznavstva (Encyclopedia of Ukraine). From 1955 he was the business manager of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Europe and editor of Visti iz Sarseliu. In 1966–8 Figol headed the executive of the Ukrainian National Council in exile, and in 1976–82 he headed the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance. He published articles on economics, cybernetics, and civic matters.

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