Person attributes
Maria Varfolomiivna Livytska (born Tkachenko) (April 9, 1879, Berdychiv; August 16, 1971, Yonkers) is a Ukrainian memoirist and public figure. Activist of the Ukrainian women's movement. She headed the Union of Ukrainian Women in Poland. Wife of the President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile Andriy Livytsky.
Biography
She was born on April 9, 1879 in the town of Berdychiv in the Zhytomyr region [according to K. Kryvoruchko - in the village of Bilylivtsi, Ruzhyn district, Zhytomyr region.
She was a member of the RUP, USDRP. She graduated from the Fundukleiv Women's Gymnasium in Kyiv (1897). She worked as a private teacher in Kyiv (1898–1899), engaged in public and party activities. She was a member of the Kyiv student community, which included Dmytro Antonovych, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Oleksandr Skoropys-Yoltukhivsky, Andriy Livytsky, Lyudmyla Starytska-Chernyakhivska, Maria Hrinchenko and others.
She took an active part in the activities of the Ukrainian Women's Community, in the revolutionary events of 1905-07. In 1920 she moved to Warsaw, where she headed the Union of Ukrainian Emigrants in Poland. At the end of World War II she moved to Germany and lived in Karlsruhe, Ettlingen. Since 1957 - in the United States.
She died on August 16, 1971 in Yonkers, New York.
Art
Author of the memoirs "On the verge of two epochs" (New York, 1972). which took place in Ukraine in the first years of the 20th century. Examines the personal lives of writers, statesmen and public and political figures, including Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Pavel Krat, Mykola Mikhnovsky, Mykola Porsh, Borys Martos, Volodymyr Doroshenko, Volodymyr Shemet, reveals their images, characters, way of life, literary tastes and preferences. Interestingly told about the childhood and education of their children Natalia and Nicholas.
Family
Maria Livytska with her family. Warsaw. 1920
Husband - Andriy Mykolayovych Livytsky
Son - Livytsky Mykola Andriyovych
Daughter - Livytska-Kholodna Natalia Andreevna.
