Kostiantyn Matsiyevych

Kostiantyn Matsiyevych Мацієвич Костянтин Андріанович
Ambassador of Ukraine to Romania
In office 1919–1923
Prime Minister	Andriy Livytskyi
Preceded by	Yuri Hasenko
Succeeded by	Leontiy Sandulyak
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian People's Republic
In office February 13, 1919 – April 9, 1919
Prime Minister	Serhiy Ostapenko
Preceded by	Volodymyr Chekhivsky
Succeeded by	Volodymyr Temnytsky
Personal details
Born	May 18, 1873 Deremezna, Vasilkovsky Uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	April 2, 1942
Political party	Prague
Alma mater	Institute of Agriculture and Forestry in Pulawy

Kostiantyn Matsiyevych (Ukrainian: Костянтин Андріанович Мацієвич) (May 18, 1873 in Deremezna, Vasilkovsky Uyezd, Kiev Governorate^[1] – April 2, 1942 in Prague^[2]) was a Ukrainian statesman and public figure, scientist, agrarian and diplomat. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1919).

Professional career and experience

He graduated from the Institute of Agriculture and Forestry in Pulawy (1899).^[3] He worked then in societies farmhouses of Poltava and Kharkiv provinces, was an agronomist of Saratov regional council. In Kharkiv he edited the magazines Farmers, Agronomy Journal and a newspaper of Agriculture (1907-1915). He was a member of the Ukrainian Radical Democratic Party and the Society of Ukrainian Progressives.

After the February Revolution and the overthrow of the tsarist regime he was elected (April 7, 1917) to the Central Committee of the Ukrainian Radical Democratic Party, transformed in September 1917 in the Ukrainian Party of Socialists-Federalists. He represented the party in the Ukrainian Central Rada and the Small Rada. From August 8, 1917 he was the Deputy General Secretary of Land (Deputy Minister), at this position he was one of the authors of the agrarian reform of the Central Council of Ukraine. Since he did not agree with the concept of socialization of land, he resigned on December 19, 1917.^[4]

During the times of Ukrainian People's Republic he worked in the Kiev province. He was a member of the Ukrainian delegation at the peace conference between Soviet Ukraine and Russia (May–October 1918) and the Committee to negotiate trade agreements. In January–February 1919 he was a member of the Ukrainian People's Republic delegation negotiating with the Entente powers. From February 13 to April 9, 1919 he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian People's Republic,^[5] in the office of Serhiy Ostapenko. In the years 1919-1923 he was a Member of the Diplomatic Mission of the Ukrainian People's Republic in Romania.^[6][7]

In 1923 he emigrated to Czechoslovakia, he was a professor of the Ukrainian Academy of Commerce in Poděbrady.^[8][9] Since 1936 he was the President of the Ukrainian Scientific Society and Ukrainian Diplomatic Club in Prague.^[10]

References

1. "Matsiievych, Kost". www.encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
2. Скиба, К. В. (2018). Еміграційний період життя К. А. Мацієвича (1924-1942 роки). All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference. Kharkiv. p. 106.
3. Rendiuk, Teofil (29 June 2023). "Костянтин Мацієвич – видатний дипломат і передовий вчений-аграрник Української Народної Республіки". Ukrainian Peasant (in Ukrainian). 29: 152. doi:10.31651/2413-8142-2023-29-Rendiuk (inactive 1 November 2024). ISSN 2788-5364. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
4. Poleschuk, Jaroslav. "Кость Мацієвич". Херсонська обласна універсальна наукова бібліотека ім. Олеся Гончара. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
5. Foreign ministers S-Z - Rulers
6. Епик, Л.І (2017). ДО ІСТОРІЇ УКРАЇНСЬКО-РУМУНСЬКИХ ВІДНОСИН (PDF). Міжнародні відносини: історія, теорія та практика. Sumy. p. 20.
7. "ГРОМАДСЬКО-ПОЛІТИЧНА ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ КОСТЯ МАЦІЄВИЧА У РУМУНІЇ (1919-1925)" (PDF). core.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
8. Lozyt︠s︡ʹkyĭ, Volodymyr Serhiĭovych (2008). Українська політична еміграція 1919-1945: документи і матеріали (in Ukrainian). Парламентське видавництво. p. 799. ISBN 978-966-611-659-1. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
9. Kovalʹ, Fedir (2008). Kooperat͡sii͡a: dolenosnyĭ fenomen Ukraïny (in Ukrainian). Spolom. p. 92. ISBN 978-966-665-549-6. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
10. "Національна історична бібліотека України". Національна історична бібліотека України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 9 March 2024.

External links

• Ukrainian Social Democratic party
• The history of Ukraine's modern foreign service