Yaroslav Olexandrovych Halan (in Ukrainian: Ð¯Ñ€Ð¾Ñ Ð»Ð°Ð²
ÐžÐ»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð"алан, party nickname Comrade Yaga; 27
July 1902 â€" 24 October 1949) was a Ukrainian Soviet anti-fascist
writer, playwright, publicist, member of the Communist Party of
Western Ukraine since 1924, killed by nationalist insurgents in
1949.Yaroslav Halan was born on July 27, 1902, in Dynów to the family
of Olexandr Halan, a minor post-office official. As a child he lived
and studied in Przemyśl. He enjoyed a large collection of books
gathered by his father, and was greatly influenced by the creativity
of the Ukrainian socialist writer Ivan Franko. At school, Yaroslav's
critical thoughts brought him into conflict with priests who taught
theology.At the beginning of the First World War his father, along
with other "unreliable" elements who sympathized with the Russians,
was placed in the Thalerhof internment camp by the Austrian
authorities.[1] Eventually Galitzia was taken by the Russians.
ÐžÐ»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð"алан, party nickname Comrade Yaga; 27
July 1902 â€" 24 October 1949) was a Ukrainian Soviet anti-fascist
writer, playwright, publicist, member of the Communist Party of
Western Ukraine since 1924, killed by nationalist insurgents in
1949.Yaroslav Halan was born on July 27, 1902, in Dynów to the family
of Olexandr Halan, a minor post-office official. As a child he lived
and studied in Przemyśl. He enjoyed a large collection of books
gathered by his father, and was greatly influenced by the creativity
of the Ukrainian socialist writer Ivan Franko. At school, Yaroslav's
critical thoughts brought him into conflict with priests who taught
theology.At the beginning of the First World War his father, along
with other "unreliable" elements who sympathized with the Russians,
was placed in the Thalerhof internment camp by the Austrian
authorities.[1] Eventually Galitzia was taken by the Russians.
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