Stepan Charnetsky

Stepan Mykolaiovych Charnetskyi (Ukrainian: Степан Миколайович Чарнецький; Polish: Stepan Czarnecki; 21 January 1881 – 2 October 1944) was a Ukrainian poet, translator, journalist, theatre and music critic, and theatre director and producer, author of the anthem of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen "Oi u luzi chervona kalyna" Biography Charnetskyi was born 21 January 1881 in Shmankivtsi, Austria-Hungary (now in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine). He was the thirteenth child in a priest family. His father was Greek Catholic priest Mykola Charnetskyi, who died of typhoid soon after his birth. His mother was Vladyslava Eckhardt-Charnetska. He went to school in Stanyslaviv and then studied in Lviv's Tsisars-Royal Technical Academy (now Lviv Polytechnic National University). He then worked in Lviv as an engineer. During World War I, he was the Assistant Chief of the railway station No. 5 Lviv-Stryi, Lviv-Sambir. He was one of the group of modernist writers in Austrian Ukraine known as the Moloda Muza (the Young Muse) that emerged in 1906, alongside Volodymyr Birchak, Mykhailo Yatskiv, Petro Karmanskyi, Ostap Lutskyi, Vasyl Pachovskyi, Osyp Turianskyi and Sydir Tverdokhlib. He was the editor of the magazines Ukrainian Voice (1915) and Ukrainian Herald. He was the artistic director of the Ruska Besida Theatre (spring 1913-August 1914) in Lviv. He married Iryna Popovachak-Charnetska and they had two daughters, Olesia and Oleksandra. Works He wrote the patriotic anthem to the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen entitled "Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow" (Ukrainian: Ой у лузі червона калина) (1913). Pink Floyd recorded a version of the song in 2022 as "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!". His collections of poems included "В годині сумерку" (1908), "В годині задуми" (1917) and "Сумні ідем" (1920).