Antin Vasynchuk

Anton Klimentievich Vasinchuk (Polish Antoni Wasyńczuk, Antin Wasyńczuk, Antin Wasylczuk, Ukrainian Антін Климентійович Васиньчук, July 16 / November 21, 1885, Chelm, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire - May 13, 1935, Chelm, Republic of Poland) is a Ukrainian public and political figure, the founder of the Rodnaya Khata society and the newspaper Our Life. In 1918 he became the authorized representative of the Ukrainian People's Republic for repatriation. From 1922 to 1927 he was a deputy of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic of the 1st convocation, where he headed the Ukrainian parliamentary representation in 1922–1924. He organized the Ukrainian cooperative movement in the Chelm region. He advocated broad autonomy for the Ukrainian population within the Polish state and strove for mutual understanding with the authorities of the interwar Polish Republic. He fought against the spread among Ukrainians living within the contemporary borders of Poland, both communist and extreme nationalist views.