Mykhailo Parashchuk

Mikhailo Parashchuk (; ; 16 November 1878 – 24 December 1963) was a Ukrainian sculptor who was active in Bulgaria from 1921 to his death in 1963 in Karlovo. Posthumously awarded the highest honor for Bulgarian culture: Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius.

Early life Parashchuk was born in Varvaryntsi in Ternopil Oblast (then in Galicia, Austria-Hungary, today in Ukraine). He enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, but graduated from the Julien Academy in Paris, France in 1910; in France, he was reportedly a student of Auguste Rodin. Before his graduation, Parashchuk worked in Lviv on monuments to noted Ukrainian writers. Provadia and Sapareva Banya, as well as the Giurgiu-Rousse Friendship Bridge. The author of the exhibition is Ukrainian Yulia Krasovska, a member of the Society of Burgas Artists since 2016.

Resting place Parashchuk was buried in Sofia and his grave is decorated by a bust of the sculptor and a lion created by noted Bulgarian sculptor Vezhdi Rashidov.