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10 Facts About Serhiy Yefremov

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Serhiy Oleksandrovych Yefremov was a Ukrainian literary journalist, historian, critic, political activist, statesman, and academician.

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Serhiy Yefremov was a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Science and Shevchenko Scientific Society in Lviv.

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The family of Serhii Oleksandrovich Yefremov belonged to the clergy.

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Serhiy Yefremov was born in the village of Palchik, Petrykivka Volost Zvenigorodka uezd of the Kyiv Governorate.

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Serhiy Yefremov was born in an Eastern Orthodox priest family.

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Serhiy Yefremov worked in the variety of Ukrainian periodicals such as Zoria, Pravda, Kyivan Past, Ukraina etc.

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Serhiy Yefremov was arrested numerous times by the Russian authorities for pressing public speeches in defense of national culture and political freedoms in pre-revolutionary period.

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In March 1917 Serhiy Yefremov entered the staff of the Central Rada.

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Serhiy Yefremov was the chief defendant in the 1929 public show trial of the leaders of the supposed Union for the Liberation of Ukraine.

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Serhiy Yefremov died in 1939 while in Vladimir Central Prison.