Matthew Stachiw

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Matthew Stachiw
Матвій Стахів
Born(1895-11-30)November 30, 1895
DiedJune 2, 1978(1978-06-02) (aged 82)
OccupationPolitician

Matthew Ivanovych Stachiw [lower-alpha 1] (November 30, 1895 – June 2, 1978) was a Ukrainian politician. He served in the Ukrainian Army between 1918 and 1920. Afterwards received a LL.D. from the University of Prague. He worked as a lawyer, university teacher and editor of several publications. [1]

Stachiw represented the Ukrainian Socialist-Radical Party in the Executive Committee of the Labour and Socialist International between August 1931 and 1940. [2]

As of the early 1960s, Stachiw served as editor of the weekly newspaper Narodna Volya (issued from Scranton). [3] He was also active in various Ukrainian-American associations. [1]

Notes

  1. Ukrainian: Матвій Іванович Стахів, romanized: Matvii Ivanovych Stakhiv

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References

  1. 1 2 Stachiw, Matthew, Papers
  2. Kowalski, Werner. Geschichte der sozialistischen arbeiter-internationale: 1923 - 19 . Berlin: Dt. Verl. d. Wissenschaften, 1985. pp. 282-338
  3. Socialist International (1951- ), and Asian Socialist Conference. Yearbook of the International Socialist Labour Movement. Volume II 1960-1961 London: Lincolns-Prager International Yearbook Publishing Co., Ltd, 1961. p. 332