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, 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).]