[1] Born in the village of Riabiyivka [uk], Bahaziy was a professional pedagogue, taught in a Jewish school, and later was a postgraduate student at Kyiv Pedagogical Institute.

Although Bahaziy was supported by a large group, the OUN representatives mistrusted him and agreed to appoint him a deputy to Ohloblyn who became the city mayor.

As mayor of Kyiv, Bahaziy encountered the bitter opposition of Erich Koch, the brutal Nazi administrator of Reichskommissariat Ukraine.

At a speech before journalists Bahaziy praised OUN leaders and proclaimed that "the eyes of all Ukrainians are turned toward Melnyk."

He was soon after executed in Babi Yar along with other Ukrainian nationalists, although his wife was left unaware of his death and kept bringing him packages to Kyiv prison until summer 1942.