Stronsky, Ivan

Stronsky, Ivan [Стронський, Іван; Strons'kyj], b 20 October 1864 in Zaraisko, Sambir county, Galicia, d 20 July 1935 in Lviv. Educator and civic leader. After graduating from the teachers' seminary in Lviv (1882) he worked as a teacher and principal in various villages of Lviv county (1891–1927). He was a founding member and president of the Ukrainian Teachers' Mutual Aid Society and edited its organ Uchytel’s’ke slovo (1925–9). He represented Ukrainian teachers at conferences of the Union of Slavic Teachers, the International Federation of Teachers’ Associations, and the Federation of Teachers’ Unions of Slavic Nations.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 5 (1993).]