Bohdan Dedyckiy

Bohdan Dedyckiy
Bohdan Dedyckiy 1889 by Teofil Kopystynski 1844-1916
Born1827
Died1908 (aged 80–81)
Resting placeLychakiv Cemetery, Lviv
NationalityUkrainian
Occupation(s)Writer, poet, journalist
Known forEditor of Słowo and Zoria Hałyćka newspapers

Bohdan Dedyckiy (1827–1908) was a Ukrainian Muscovite writer, poet and journalist from Galicia.

He was the editor of the "Słowo" and "Zoria Hałyćka" newspapers. He promoted the view that there is only one Russian language, with two pronunciations - Russian and Ukrainian, and denied the existence of a separate Ukrainian language.

Bohdan Dedyckiy

He published in iazychie, in the same dialect, he published an anonymous brochure in 1866 in Lviv: "W odin czas nauczitsja małorusinu po wełykoruski". He was of the opinion that in this way the knowledge of Russian literature[1] would become popular among the Galician Rusyns (Ukrainians).

Bohdan Dedyckiy is buried at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv, in the Russian journalists Bed of Honor.

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  1. ^ Osadczy, W. (2007). Saint Rus. The development and influence of the idea of the Orthodox Church in Galicia. Lublin: Publisher of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-83-227-2672-3.

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