Ivan Bobersky

Ivan Bobersky
Іван Боберський
Bobersky in 1912
Born(1873-08-14)14 August 1873
Dobrohostiw, Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary
Died17 August 1947(1947-08-17) (aged 74)
Tržič, Yugoslavia
NationalityUkrainian
Citizenship Austria-Hungary
 West Ukraine
Alma materUniversity of Lviv
OccupationTeacher

Ivan Mykolayovych Bobersky[a] (Ukrainian: Іван Миколайович Боберський; 14 August 1873 – 17 August 1947), was a Ukrainian teacher and theorist who played a key role in promoting Ukrainian national physical culture.

Life

Born into a Greek Catholic priest's family in a village in the Galicia region, Bobersky graduated from the University of Lviv in 1895 and later pursued further studies at Graz University.[1] In 1901, he became a lecturer at the Lviv Academic Gymnasium.[2] He contributed significantly to the creation of Plast, the largest scouting organization in Ukraine, and was the one who coined its name.[3] From 1908 to 1918, he served as chairman of the Sokol-Batko Society.[citation needed]

During World War I, Bobersky acted as the treasurer of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (1914–1918) and later headed the military press department of the State Secretariat of the West Ukrainian People's Republic (ZUNR).[1] In 1920, he was appointed the plenipotentiary representative of the ZUNR government in the United States and Canada.[1]

Bobersky was the first to introduce Ukrainian sports terminology, which was widely adopted in Western Ukraine and remained in use until 1939.[1] From 1932, he resided in Tržič, Yugoslavia, where he lived until his death in 1947.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Also Boberskyi in standard romanization

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e Shkrabyuk 2003, p. 304.
  2. ^ Sova & Tymchak 2017, p. 18.
  3. ^ Sova & Tymchak 2017, pp. 80–92.

Bibliography

  • Sova, А. O.; Tymchak, I. V. (2017). Іван Боберський — основоположник української тіловиховної і спортової традиції (in Ukrainian). Lviv: LDUFK: A priori. p. 232. ISBN 978-617-629-387-3.
  • Marunchak, M. (1973). Студії до історії українців Канади (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Vol. 5. Winnipeg: Trident Press Ltd. p. 229.
  • Shkrabyuk, P. V. (2003). "Боберський Іван" (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
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