1. Alexander Vasilyevich Dukhnovych was an Transcarpathian Ruthenian priest, poet, writer, pedagogue, and social activist of the Russophile orientation.
12 Facts About Alexander Dukhnovych
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Alexander Dukhnovych is considered as the awakener of the Rusyns.
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Alexander Dukhnovych was born in the village of Topolya, Kingdom of Hungary.
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Later Alexander studied philosophy at an academy in Kassa, and theology at the Theological Seminary in Ungvar.
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In, Alexander Dukhnovych worked as an archivist and a teacher.
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Alexander Dukhnovych wrote in the Ruthenian, Russian, and Hungarian languages.
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Alexander Dukhnovych saw his role as a defender of Ruthenian culture against Magyarization.
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In 1850 Alexander Dukhnovych established the first Ruthenian cultural association, the Eperjes Literary Society.
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Alexander Dukhnovych published a number of pedagogical and religious books, elementary school textbook and a Grammar.
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Alexander Dukhnovych is regarded to be one of the outstanding Ruthenian humanists and educators.
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Alexander Dukhnovych's views were based on Christian principles and idealism.
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Alexander Dukhnovych actively participated in the Russophile movement in the territory of today's Western Ukraine at the end of the 19th century.