Pavlo Dumka

Pavlo Dumka (Ukrainian: Павло Андрійович Думка; 21 March 1854 – 19 November 1918) was a Ukrainian poet, publicist, public figure.

Founding member of the Ukrainian Radical Party (1890), ambassador to the Galician Sejm (1908–1918), member of the Ukrainian National Council of the ZUNR (1918).

In 1874, he organized the Prosvita reading room in his native village.

Dumka also contributed to the press on social and national-patriotic topics.

Friended with Ivan Franko, Mykhailo Pavlyk, Vasyl Stefanyk, and Les Martovych.

Bust of Pavlo Dumka in Kupchyntsi (1999, by sculptor Ivan Muliarchuk ) [ 1 ] [ 2 ]