People, places, events
People, events, places, organisations, projects and works. The project dossier folder is the source of truth.
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Person · 1852–1934
The Czech violinist and teacher Otakar Ševčík (1852–1934) taught violin from 1875 to 1892 at the music school of the Kyiv branch of the Russian Musical Society. According to Ukrainian Wikipedia he had briefly worked at the Kharkiv music…
Person · 1865–1931
The conductor of Czech origin Jan Palice, known as Ivan Osipovych Palytsyn (1865–1931), studied at the Kyiv Music School with the violinist Otakar Ševčík. In 1901–1906 he was chief conductor of the newly built Kyiv Opera House, where in…
Person · 1853–1929
The Czech mechanical engineer and politician Ferdinand Vitáček (1853–1929) worked in Kyiv from the 1880s until 1912: according to Czech Wikipedia he arrived in 1880 to build a branch of a works, and in 1896 became director of the First…
Person · 1858–1920
Theodor (Fedir) Hejda (1858–1920), a native of Plzeň, was a teacher and Orthodox priest among the Czechs of Volhynia. According to Czech Wikipedia he became a priest in Kvasyliv in 1889 and on 16 April that year began holding services in…
Person · 1847–1927
The Czech opera singer (tenor), director and teacher Antonín Barcal (1847–1927) won an engagement with the Kyiv opera company after concerts in Russia in 1870. According to the Czech Theatre Encyclopedia he toured with the Kyiv company to…
Person · 1867–1916
The Czech violin maker František Špidlen (1867–1916) worked from 1886 in Kyiv in the workshop of his compatriot Jindřich Jindříšek, and in 1895, according to Czech Wikipedia, obtained his own trade licence there. The Encyclopedia of Modern…
Event · 1868–1947
The Volhynian Czechs are descendants of emigrants from Bohemia and Moravia who, from 1868 (earlier according to some sources), bought land in the Volhynia Governorate of the Russian Empire and founded Czech villages with schools…