Kyrylo Studynsky was born in
Kypiachka (now in
Ternopil Oblast), at the time a part of
Austria-Hungary, into a prominent
clerical family. His grandfather, the priest
Stephan Kachala, was a historian and member of the
Austrian parliament. Kyrylo Studynsky studied philosophy at the
University of Lviv, and at the
University of Vienna before switching to
Philology at the latter institution. He then studied Slavonics at the University of Berlin, and in 1897 became a lecturer of the Ukrainian language at the
Jagiellonian University in
Kraków. A specialist in
philology, from 1900 until 1918 he was a professor at the
University of Lviv. He knew 6 ancient languages and 10 modern ones, and published over 500 academic works. In addition to such academic pursuits, Studynsky also published poetry and memoirs. In 1911 Studynsky helped found the
Christian Social Party and played an important role in organizing the educational system of the
West Ukrainian National Republic. Following the annexation of Western Ukraine by Poland, along with many other Ukrainian professors, he was released from the
University of Lviv by the Polish authorities. Studynsky subsequently became head of the
Shevchenko Scientific Society. A close friend of
Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, he made numerous visits to
Kyiv and
Kharkiv throughout the 1920s and was a member of the
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in the
Ukrainian SSR during the time of
Ukrainization within the Ukrainian SSR. Due to his alleged pro-Soviet sympathies, in 1930 he was assaulted in his office at the
Shevchenko Scientific Society by two members of the
Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. In 1932, Studynsky was among the first academics to protest against the
Holodomor and was expelled from the
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine the following year. ==Final events and deaths==