15 March] 1886 – 1917) was a Ukrainian[1][2][3] avant-garde artist (Neo-Primitivist and Cubo-Futurist) and book illustrator from the Russian empire.

His family is partly descended from Ukrainian Cossacks who held premier positions in the Hetmanate.

Together with the members of the group The Link (Zveno) Wladimir and David Burliuk organized an avant-garde exhibition in Kiev.

In 1910 he became the member of the group Jack of Diamonds together with David Burliuk, Ekster, Malevich (later also Nathan Altman and Wladimir Tatlin).

[6] He was drafted into the Imperial army in 1916 and was killed the following year while fighting on the Macedonian front of World War I.