And the runners-up are... (02/06/00)

And the runners-up are...

Any "greatest" listing is always going to be very subjective and my compilation may be more noteworthy for who was left off than who actually was included. Many of my final choices were very difficult to select and a lot of outstanding personages had to be passed over simply because only a single individual could represent each century. In order to recognize some of these additional personalities, I'm including my runner-up selections for each century and indicating if they have been honored with a stamp issue.

I'd like to emphasize that these listings are strictly personal choices and are not meant to be in any way definitive. If nothing else, I hope they may promote discussion and perhaps stimulate readers to look up more information on certain personalities that they may not know much about.

These are my runner-up candidates:

10th century - St. Olha (stamp in 1997); 11th century - St. Nestor (chronicler and hagiographer; stamp in 1998); 12th century - Yaroslav Osmomysl (prince of Galicia; no stamp); 13th century - Roman Mstyslavych (prince of Galicia, father of Danylo; no stamp); 14th century - Yurii II Boleslav (prince of Galicia; no stamp); 15th century - Yurii Drohobych (first doctor of medicine in Ukraine; no stamp); 16th century - Dmytro Vyshnevytsky (Kozak otaman, founder of the Sich; stamps in 1992 and 1997); 17th century - Petro Mohyla (church leader, scholar; stamp in 1996); 18th century - Ivan Kotliarevsky (poet and playwright; stamp in 1995); 19th century - Ivan Franko (writer, scholar, social activist; stamp in 1995); 20th - century (first half) - Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky (Church, cultural and civic figure; no stamp).

Dr. Ingert Kuzych may be contacted with comments, queries, or with your opinion as to who should or should not appear on such a distinguished list at: P.O. Box 3, Springfield VA 22150. Or by e-mail at: [email protected].

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