Dmytro Levytsky

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title: "Dmytro Levytsky" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1877-births", "1942-deaths", "people-from-lviv-oblast", "people-from-the-kingdom-of-galicia-and-lodomeria", "ukrainians-in-austria-hungary", "ukrainian-national-democratic-alliance-politicians", "members-of-the-sejm-of-the-second-polish-republic-(1928–1930)", "members-of-the-sejm-of-the-second-polish-republic-(1930–1935)", "ambassadors-of-ukraine-to-denmark", "austro-hungarian-prisoners-of-war-held-by-russia-in-world-war-i", "ukrainian-prisoners-of-war", "university-of-vienna-alumni"] description: "Ukrainian lawyer and political figure" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmytro_Levytsky" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Ukrainian lawyer and political figure ::

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name	Dmytro Levytsky
native_name	Дмитро́ Леви́цький
native_name_lang	uk
image	Dymitr Lewicki.png
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birth_name
birth_date
birth_place	Lviv region, Austria-Hungary
death_date
death_place	Bukhara
death_cause	in exile
education	University of Vienna
occupation	lawyer, political figure
known_for	editor of Dilo newspaper, headed the Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance
notable_works	chief of the Ukrainian delegation within the Polish parliament
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| name = Dmytro Levytsky | native_name = Дмитро́ Леви́цький | native_name_lang = uk | image = Dymitr Lewicki.png | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Lviv region, Austria-Hungary | death_date = | death_place = Bukhara | death_cause = in exile | other_names = | education = University of Vienna | occupation = lawyer, political figure | years_active = | known_for = editor of Dilo newspaper, headed the Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance | notable_works = chief of the Ukrainian delegation within the Polish parliament Dmytro Levytsky (, ) (1877–1942) was a lawyer and major political figure in western Ukraine between the two world wars. Between 1925 and 1935 he headed the Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance, the largest Ukrainian political party in western Ukraine, and served as the chief of the Ukrainian delegation within the Polish parliament.

Biography

Dmytro Levytsky was born in the Lviv region, then part of Austria-Hungary, in 1877. He completed law school at the University of Vienna and during World War I served as an officer in the army of Austria-Hungary. Captured by the Russians in 1915, he spent the remainder of the war in Tashkent. Returning to Ukraine as the Russian Empire fell apart, Levytsky helped to organize the unification of the West Ukrainian National Republic with the Ukrainian National Republic. After western Ukraine was conquered by Poland in 1919, Levytsky was involved in organizing Ukrainians in Vienna. In 1923, he became editor of western Ukrainians' largest newspaper, Dilo, and two years later he became head of the newly formed Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance, the largest political party representing Ukrainians within the Polish state. Between 1928 and 1935 he was a member of the Polish parliament and was head of the Ukrainian delegation. He resigned his leadership of the party when it chose to work together with the Polish government. When western Ukraine was annexed by the Soviets, Levytsky was arrested, deported to Moscow and never heard from again.

He died in exile in Bukhara (1942).

References

References

1. John Armstrong (1963). ''Ukrainian Nationalism''. New York: Columbia University Press, pg. 65

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