Petro Yefymenko
Petro Yefymenko, was a Ukrainian ethnographer and historian, statistician by profession.
Life and work
Petro Yefymenko studied at Kharkiv University until his expulsion and Moscow University. As a student, he belonged to secret student societies, including Kharkiv-Kyiv Secret Society.In 1860 Petro Yefymenko was accused of Ukrainian separatism. He was arrested and exiled for 10 years to Perm and then Arkhangelsk, Russia. During his exile, Petro Yefymenko collected materials on the local ethnography, folklore and law. His publications on this topic include: Pridanoe po obychnomu pravu krestyan v Arkhangelskoi Gubernii, Saint Peteresburg, 1873.
Petro Yefymenko returned to Ukraine in 1877, firstly to Chernihiv and then, two years later, to Kharkiv. He devoted himself to ethnographic and historical research and writings. Significant part of his work consisted of traveling throughout Ukraine gathering relevant materials. In 1884–1888 he worked as editor of Kharkovskyi kalendar, where he started publishing works of another famous Ukrainian ethnographer Pavlo Chubynsky, as well as bibliography of Chubynsky's works. Petro Efymenko's works were published in a number periodicals, including: Osnova, Russia; weekly newspaper Chernigovskii Listok, Ukraine ; and Kievskaya starina, Ukraine.
Family
- Wife – Olexandra Yefymenko,, a historian. She was the first woman in Ukraine and in the Russian Empire to be awarded an honorary PhD.
- Son – Taras Yefymenko, a lawyer.
- Son – Petro Yefymenko, an archaeologist.
- Daughter – Tetiana Yefymenko, a poet.
Publications
1874 – Sbornik Malorossiyskikh zaklinaniy, University Publishing, Moscow1882 – “Arkhic Malorossiyskoy Kollehii pri Kharkovskom universitete”., Kievskaya starina
1882 – “Posledniy pisar Voyska Zaporozhskoho Hloba”, Kievskaya starina
1882 – “Ssylnye Malorossiyane v Arkhangelskoy Gubernii” . Kievskaya starina
1883 – “Shpitali v Malorosii” . Kievskaya starina
1884 – “Mohily Hetmantsev v Lebedine”. . ''Kievskaya starina''