Ivan L. Rudnytsky

Ivan Lysiak-Rudnytsky
Іван Лисяк-Рудницький
Lysiak-Rudnytsky in 1982
Born
Joannes Lysiak

(1919-10-27)27 October 1919
Died25 April 1984(1984-04-25) (aged 64)
Edmonton, Canada
Spouses
  • Mary Joanne Benton
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    (m. 1949; div. 1966)​
  • Alexandra (Lesia) Chernenko
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    (m. 1968)​
Children
  • Peter
  • Elizabeth
Parents
Relatives
  • Ivan Kedryn-Rudnytsky (uncle)
  • Myhailo Rudnytsky (uncle)
  • Antin Rudnytsky (uncle)
  • John F. Benton (brother in law)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Lviv
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität
Karl-Ferdinands-Universität (Phd, Prague 1945)
Geneva Graduate Institute (1946-51)
Columbia University (1951-53)
ThesisMychajlo Drahomanov: A contribution to the development of political ideas in Eastern Europe ((in German)) (1945)
Eduard Winter
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Institutions
Main interests
History of Ukraine
Notable works
Essays in Modern Ukrainian History
Influenced
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Ivan Pavlovych Lysiak-Rudnytsky (Ukrainian: Іван Павлович Лисяк-Рудницький, 27 October 1919 – 25 April 1984) was a historian of Ukrainian socio-political thought, political scientist and scholar publicist. He wrote over 200 historical essays, commentaries, and reviews, and edited several book publications. He has been praised as one of the most influential Ukrainian historians of the twentieth century. He is sometimes referred to as Ivan Łysiak-Rudnytsky, but the surname he used was his mother’s name Rudnytsky.