Vasyl Nahirnyi
Ukrainian architect, public figure, founder of the Ukrainian cooperative movement
About Vasyl Nahirnyi
Lived 1848 – 1921 (aged 73). Vasyl Nahirnyi was an architect.
Vasyl Nahirnyi (; 11 January 1848 – 25 February 1921) was a Ukrainian architect, public figure.
Biography Vasyl Nahirnyi was born on 11 January 1848 in Hirne, now the Hrabovets-Duliby rural hromada of Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.
In 1871 he graduated from the Lviv Technical Academy, and in 1875 from the Fédérale Polytechnique de Lausanne. Nahirnyi lived in Zurich, worked in design offices and government agencies in Switzerland.
From 1882 in Lviv. He co-founded societies, including "" (1883), "" (1884), "" (1892), "" (1894), "Narodna Hostynytisa", and the (1898, together with Ivan Trush, Mykhailo Hrushevsky and Yuliian Pankevych). In 1885-1890 he was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Batkivshchyna".
Works In 1898 he participated in the "First Rus' exhibition of art", where he presented his architectural works.
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Ukrainian architect, public figure, founder of the Ukrainian cooperative movement (1848–1921)
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Vasyl Nahirnyi was born on 11 January 1848 in Hirne.
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Vasyl Nahirnyi died on 25 February 1921 in Lviv.
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Vasyl Nahirnyi was an architect.
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