Ivan Steshenko

Ivan Steshenko
Іван Стешенко
Steshenko in the 1890s
Minister of Education
In office
28 June 1917 – 30 January 1918
Prime MinisterVolodymyr Vynnychenko
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byNykyfor Hryhoriiv
Personal details
Born24 June [O.S. 12 June] 1873
Poltava, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died1 August 1918(1918-08-01) (aged 45)
Poltava, Poltava Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic
Manner of deathAssassination
Resting placeBaikove Cemetery
PartySocial-democratic club, Hromada, Society of Ukrainian Progressionists, USDRP
Spouse
(m. 1897)
RelationsMykhailo Starytsky (father-in-law)
Mariia Starytska (sister-in-law)
Liudmyla Starytska-Cherniakhivska (sister-in-law)
Veronika Chernyakhivska (niece)
Children2 including,
Yaroslav Steshenko
Alma materSaint Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev, 1896
Occupation
Writing career
Pen nameI. Serdeshny
I. Sichovyk
I. Svitlenko
I. Stepura
Signature
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Ivan Matviiovych Steshenko (Ukrainian: Іван Матвійович Стешенко; 24 June [O.S. 12 June] 1873 – 1 August 1918) was a Ukrainian politician, literary scholar, poet, writer, translator and member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Steshenko's assassination was one of the first political murders in Ukraine.