Ivan Kuziv | |
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Іван Кузів | |
Born | 1857 |
Died | 29 September 1918 |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Ivan Kuziv (Ukrainian: Іван Кузів; 1857, Horutsko (now Hirske), Austrian Empire – 29 September 1918, Dydiowa, Austria-Hungary[1]) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and ethnographer.
Kuziv studied at Lviv Gymnasium No. 4. He graduated from the Greek Catholic Theological Seminary.[1] In 1884 he was ordained a priest. Served in the parish of the village of Dydiowa, Bieszczady Powiat (1885–1888, administrator; 1888–1918, pastor). He was the dean of the Zatwarnica deanery (1918).[2]
Father Kuziv's house was visited by Ivan Franko (who called the priest "an outstanding ethnographer and a good expert on the Boikos"),[3][4] Demian Hladylovych, Volodymyr Hnatiuk, Fedir Vovk, and Osyp Makovei.[5][6] He corresponded with Ivan Franko.[7]
Fr. Ivan Kuziv's wife died a few weeks after the marriage. He lived with his mother-in-law and her three daughters.[8]
Author of the article "Life, existence, customs and manners of the mountain people" (1889, Zoria).[9]