Zaklynsky, Oleksii
Zaklynsky, Oleksii [Заклинський, Олексій; Zaklyns'kyj, Oleksij], b 27 March 1819 in Ozeriany, Stanyslaviv circle, Galicia, d ca 1894 in Bohorodchany Stari, Stanyslaviv county, Galicia. Greek Catholic priest and civic and political activist. He was a member of the Supreme Ruthenian Council and its delegate to the Slavic Congress in Prague, 1848. In 1873–9 he was a deputy to the Austrian parliament. His memoirs were published in 1890 as Zapiski Alekseia Zaklinskogo prikhodnika Starykh Bogorodchan (Notes of Oleksii Zaklynsky, Pastor of Stari Bohorodchany).
[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 5 (1993).]