Mariya Livytska

Mariya Varpholomiivna Livytska (née: Tkachenko; April 9, 1879 – August 16, 1971) was a Ukrainian writer, memoirist, and public figure.

She was married to the president of the Ukrainian People's Republic in the exile of Andriy Livytskyi.

[1] In 1897 she graduated from the Fundukleivka Women's Gymnasium in Kyiv and worked as a private teacher in and 1898–1899), while engaging in public and party activities.

She was a member of the Kyiv student community, which included Dmytro Antonovych, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Olexander Scoropis-Yoltukhivsky, Andriy Livytskyi, Liudmyla Starytska-Cherniakhivska, Maria Hrinchenko.

In 1920 she moved to Warsaw, where she headed the Union of Ukrainian emigrants in Poland.