Career
1905 arrested and imprisoned for revol activities. 1907 first work published. Contributed to journal Ukrayins’ka khata and other journals and newspapers.
During World War 1 office worker with a forestry admin, Chernigov Province. 1917 founded Prosvita Ukraine educational circles. 1918 Cossack, 1st Khmel’nitskiy Regt, Ukraine Army.
1919 organized revolt against Bolsheviks in Chernigov Province. 1921 member, Centr Insurgent Committee which prepared anti-Bolshevik uprising in Right-Bank Ukraine.