[1] He was the son of Nadezhda Dmitrievna Dunin-Borkowska and Andriy Ivanovych Lyzohub, a poet and a friend of Taras Shevchenko.

He also financially supported the Mykola Hohol School of Visual Arts in Myrhorod (Ukrainian: Школа художнього промислу ім.

[1] On 19 August 1918 Lyzohub gave interview to German newspaper Berliner Tageblatt und Handels-Zeitung as Minister-President Lyzogub.

[2] In 8-14 November 1918 along with Skoropadsky, Lyzohub participated in secret negotiations with the Russian Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia in Crimea.

[2] At the same time field marshal Alfred Krauß who led the Austrian Ost-Armee (East Army) left earlier for homeland.