Petro Franko

Airplane of the Ukrainian Galician ArmyPetro Ivanovych Franko (; 21 June 1890 – 6 July 1941) was a Ukrainian educator, pedagogue, writer, ethnographer, scientist, military leader, and politician. Franko was a co-founder of the Plast, a Ukrainian Scouting Organization, and member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society.

Biography Early life and education Franko was born to Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko and his wife Olha (née Khoruzhynska) In 1913 In the same year Franko organized the first congress of Plast educators.

Legacy In 2011, the Lviv regional council posthumously awarded Franko with the "90th anniversary of the proclamation of the Western Ukrainian People's Republic" award.

On August 24, 2020, on the Independence Day of Ukraine, a mural dedicated to Petro Franko was unveiled in Kyiv's Solomianskyi District, on the facade of a building at 7 Aviakonstruktora Antonova Street.

On the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the birth of Petro Franko and the Day of the Defender of Ukraine, on October 14, 2020, the first monument to Petro Franko was unveiled on the square of the Ivan Franko Literary and Memorial Museum in Nahuyevychi.

On 27 October 2020 a Plast kurin in Valencia, Spain, was named after Petro Franko. In the following year a Plast schooling centre named in his honour was founded in Vynnyky.

Works He was the author of several books, including the historical novellas Makhnivska Popivna (Махнівська попівна), In ancient woods of Brazil (В пралісах Бразилії), memoirs Ivan Franko from up close (Іван Франко зблизька), a movie script of Boryslav Laughs (Борислав сміється) and others. He had two daughters, Vira and Ivanna, who liveв with their children in Kyiv.