Volodymyr Shukhevych

(15 March 1849, Tyshkivtsi village, Horodenkyi district, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Austrian Empire – 10 April 1915, Lviv, Austria-Hungary) – was a Ukrainian public figure, writer, ethnographer and teacher.

His daughter, Iryna (1881–1934) was married to Dr. Theodor Rozankowski, who was judge, political and military figure and first commander of Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen.

Together with Count Wlodzimierz Dzieduszycki and Ludwik Wierzbicki, he collected ethnographic materials as well as art and household exhibits of Hutsul region.

Made significant contribution into the preservation and promotion of the Ukrainian culture:[7] organised choir "Boyan" trip to perform in Prague (1891) and the Ethnographic Division at the Halychyna (Galician) Regional Exchibition in Lviv (1894).

In 1887, on the occasion of the arrival of Rudolf, Archduke of Austria and Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, Volodymyr Shukhevych organised ethnographic expedition to the Lviv High Castle.

Volodymyr Shukhevych
Zoria newspaper, No.11,1894
Illustration in V. Shukhevych's Hutsulshchyna , vol. 1, 1899