Yulian Nazarak
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Yulian Nazarak | |
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| Юліан Назарак | |
| Born | 1893 Cherkavshchyna, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 16 September 1916 (aged 22–23) |
Yulian Nazarak (Ukrainian: Юліан Назарак; 1893 – 16 September 1916) was a Ukrainian soldier (desiatnyk, khorunzhyi), poet, painter.[1]
Yulian Nazarak was born in 1893 in Cherkavshchyna, now Nahirianka rural hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[2]
He studied at the Lviv Academic Gymnasium. From 1911 he periodically studied at the Kraków Academy of Arts, but did not graduate.[1]
At the beginning of World War I, he joined the ranks of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen. He was one of the organizers and a member of the "Presova kvartyra". In the spring of 1915, during the Battle of Makivka, he was wounded.[1][2]
He was active in the "Artystychna horstka" riflemen's art society and also played in an amateur theater.[1]
