Dmytro Yavornytsky

Dmytro Yavornytsky

Dmytro Ivanovich Yavornytsky (Ukrainian: Дмитро́ Іва́нович Яворни́цький, Russian: Дмитрий Иванович Яворницкий, Dmitry Yavornitsky, also known by his pen name Evarnitsky) (November 6, 1855, Kharkov Governorate – August 5, 1940, Dnipropetrovsk) was a noted Ukrainian historian, archeologist, ethnographer, folklorist, and lexicographer. He was one of the most prominent researchers of the Ukrainian Cossacks, especially the Zaporozhian Cossacks (or Zaporozhian Host), and the author of their first general history. In recognition of his many contributions to the preservation of Zaporozhian history and culture, he is widely known as "the Father of the Zaporozhians".