Pilip Kapelhorodskii Yosipovich

Pylip was born in a large family in the village of Horodyshche (now Nedrygailivskyi district, Sumy Oblast). Studied at a rural school. Thanks to the support of the priest Vasyl Florenskyi, his father sent Philip to the Roma Theological School. Philip quickly discovered his talents and successfully studied, although he was known for his disobedience to school rules. In 1897, he was expelled from the educational institution for violating discipline.

In May-September 1909, while imprisoned in the Armavir prison, Kapelhorodskyi wrote an autobiographical novel-chronicle "Notes of a Seminarian", where he described his studies and life in the Roman Seminary. After that, he entered the Poltava Theological Seminary, where he studied with Simon Petliura. Under the influence of Petliura, Pylyp became an active participant in the revolutionary movement.

In 1902, he was arrested for participating in peasant riots. After his release, he taught in the Kuban and participated in revolutionary activities. After the revolution of 1917, he returned to Ukraine, where he worked in the editorial offices of various newspapers.

Death

On March 19, 1938, Kapelhorodskyi was arrested, and on April 5, 1938, the NKVD sentenced him to be shot on fabricated charges of nationalism. The sentence was carried out in May 1938. In January 1956, he was posthumously rehabilitated.

Creativity

Kapelhorodskyi belonged to the literary organization "Plough". His first works appeared in the almanac "The First Swallow" in 1905. Known as a talented poet, novelist, publicist, satirist and humorist. Among his most famous works are the novel "Shurgan", the story "Ash Khadu", the short story "Red Army Kucherenko", as well as the autobiographical novel-chronicle "Seminarian's Notes". After his death, the novels "Artesian" and "Defense of Poltava" were published.

Mykhailo Stelmakh called Kapelhorodsky "a man of revolutionary spirit and heart".