Paventsky, Antin [Павенцький, Антін; Pavenc'kyj], b 24 November 1818 in Nyzhniv, Tovmach county, Stanyslaviv circle, Galicia, d 6 April 1889 in Lviv. Journalist. He graduated from Lviv University and became a member of the Stauropegion Institute. He was the first editor of Zoria halytska (1848–50). Frustrated with the Austrian authorities and the Supreme Ruthenian Council, he resigned and worked as a court official and a notary public (1858). In 1861 he was elected to the Galician provincial diet as a representative of Rava-Ruska county.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 3 (1993).]