I. Liabakh, Staff member,
Branch State Archive of Security Service of Ukraine
R. Martseniuk, post-doctoral degree candidate, Faculty of History,
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/1728-2640.2017.133.2.09
FAILED MARRIAGE:
UNKNOWN SCENES OF V. FRANKO AND YU. KOSACH LIFES
The article deals with the unknown fact of acquaintance and planned marriage of Yurii Kosach – Lesya Ukrainka’s nephew, who lived in the USA, and Ivan Franko’s granddaughter – Vira Franko, who lived in Soviet Ukraine. This information is described basing upon the revealed documents of the State Branch Archive of the Security Service of Ukraine.
The article examines as well the biography of Yuriy Kosach. He was a very talented person, left a wide heritage in literature of different genres, could speak different foreign languages, sincerely loved Ukraine, but had to live abroad for the most part of his life. His life is studied by researches, but some periods still contain blanks. The article also explores the life of Vira Franko. The young woman was imprisoned by Nazi regime and detained in Ravensbruck. After liberation by American troops and returning to the Soviet Union she was imprisoned for the second time – by the Ministry of State Security (MGB). She spent five years of detention in Vorkutlag and two years of forced settlement in Sybiriya. Only after that Vira Franko got possibility to return home and live with her family.
The article as well pays attention to the available data on the death of Vira Franko’s father – Petro Franko. Being a well-known person in the Western Ukraine he was imprisoned and apparently killed by NKVD, but still no official documents proving his death are found.
Key words: Yuriy Kosach, Vira Franko, KGB, political prisoner, Ravensbruck, Vorkutlag, repression, Petro Franko.
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