Panteleimon Kulish
Panteleimon Kulish Пантелеймон Куліш | |
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| Born | 7 August 1819 |
| Died | 14 February 1897 (aged 77) Motronivka, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire (near Borzna, in present-day Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine) |
| Occupation | writer, critic, poet, folklorist, translator |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Literary movement | Romanticism |
| Notable works | Black Council Kulish's Bible |
| Spouse | Hanna Barvinok |
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Panteleimon Oleksandrovych Kulish (Ukrainian: Пантелеймон Олександрович Куліш, Ukrainian pronunciation: [pɐnteɫei̯ˈmɔn oɫekˈsandroʋet͡ʃ kʊˈlʲiʃ]; 7 August 1819 – 14 February 1897) was a Ukrainian writer, critic, poet, folklorist, translator and author of historical works.
A member of the Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius during his youth, after his arrest and exile for participating in the organization Kulish started to co-operate with Russian imperial authorities, abandoning his romantic views on Ukrainian history and supporting the incorporation of Ukraine by the Russian Empire, which caused a conflict between him and younger representatives of the Ukrainian national movement. A promoter of Ukraine's cultural development, Kulish also made an important contribution to the creation of modern Ukrainian orthography.