Teodor Shteingel
Teodor Shteingel (Russian: Фёдор Рудольфович Штейнгель, German: Theodor von Steinheil, 9 December 1870, Saint Petersburg – 11 April 1946 Dresden) was a Ukrainian archaeologist and nationalist politician.
After graduating from Kyiv University, he was active in Horodok, Rivne Oblast establishing various public bodies including a museum in 1902 where he deposited his archeological, historical, and ethnographic collections.[1]
In 1906 he was elected as deputy for Kiev to the First State Duma where he joined the Ukrainian caucus.. He became a member of the Society of Ukrainian Progressionists and vice-president of the Ukrainian Scientific Society. Following the February Revolution of 1917 he chaired the executive committee of the , the forerunner of the Central Rada. In 1918 was sent as a diplomatic envoy to Berlin by the Ukrainian Hetmanate. He subsequently returned to Western Ukraine in the twenties but left for Germany in 1939.[1]
Shteingel's palace, Horodok[]
Shteingel's palace is preserved as a cultural heritage site.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Shteingel, Teodor". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- 1870 births
- 1946 deaths
- People from Saint Petersburg
- People from Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd
- Baltic German people of the Russian Empire
- Ukrainian people in the Russian Empire
- Russian Constitutional Democratic Party members
- Members of the 1st State Duma of the Russian Empire
- Ukrainian Democratic Party (1904) politicians
- Industry ministers of Ukraine
- Trade ministers of Ukraine
- Ukrainian diplomats
- Ambassadors of Ukraine to Germany
- Members of the Grand Orient of Russia’s Peoples