# Dmytro Yavornytsky

> Ukrainian academic

**Wikidata**: [Q1963094](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1963094)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmytro_Yavornytsky)  
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## Summary

Dmytro Yavornytsky was born on October 25, 1855, in Borysivka and died on August 5, 1940, in Dnipro. He held citizenship in the Russian Empire, the Ukrainian People's Republic, and the Soviet Union. He was educated at the National University of Kharkiv.He worked as a lexicographer, anthropologist, linguist, historian, folklorist, and ethnographer[1]. His professional fields included history, archaeology, folkloristics, and Russian Cossacks[1]. He was employed by Lomonosov Moscow State University and held the position of museum director. He received the Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class, and the Order of noble Bukhara.


## References

1. Czech National Authority Database
2. Virtual International Authority File
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. IdRef
5. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File