Maria-Ivanna Hrushevska

Maria-Ivanna Hrushevska (née: Wojakiwska; November 8, 1868 – September 19, 1948) was a spouse of Ukrainian political leader Mykhailo Hrushevsky.

Maria-Ivanna Hrushevska Марія-Іванна Сильвестрівна Грушевська
First Lady of Ukraine
In role 1917–1918
President	Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Succeeded by	Oleksandra Skoropadska
Personal details
Born	Maria-Ivanna Wojakiwska November 8, 1868 Zboriv, Austria-Hungary
Died	September 19, 1948 (aged 79) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Spouse(s)	Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Children	Kateryna Hrushevska[1]
Occupation	Former First Lady of Ukraine

Maria-Ivanna Hrushevska, was born near Zboriv (Austria-Hungary) to Sylvester and Karolina Wojakowski. She met Hrushevsky in Lviv in 1893 and after three years they married in the town of Skala near Borschiv. On June 21, 1900, while living in Lviv, a daughter was born in the family of Hrushevsky – Kateryna.

Since 1917 Maria was a member of the Central Rada and a treasurer for the Ukrainian National Theater. She translated works of Russian and French writers.[2]

From 1919 she was with her family in exile in Prague, Paris, Geneva. From autumn 1920 she and her husband and daughter lived in Vienna. In the spring of 1924 they returned to the Ukrainian SSR and settled in Kyiv in a house on Pankovskaya street 9.

Katerina's daughter was arrested on July 10, 1938, and was later sentenced for "supporting the anti-Soviet activity of the Ukrainian nationalist organization in order to establish a fascist dictatorship." Mary wrote letters asking for a case to Stalin to be reviewed, but in vain. Katerina died on March 30, 1943 in the Temlag.[3]

References

1. A478. Hnatiukivsky, M. “Hrushevska, Kateryna.” Encyclopedia of Ukraine 2 (1988): 249–250. Port.
2. Медведик П. Грушевська Марія-Іванна Сильвестрівна // (in Ukrainian) Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2004, V. 1: А—Й, S. 425. — ISBN 966-528-197-6.
3. Горинь В. Катерина Грушевська: талан чи доля… / Василь Горинь // Поступ. — 2000. — № 108 (27 черв.).

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