Mykhailo Zubrytskyi information

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Reverend Father Mykhailo Zybrytskyi
Михайло Зубрицький
Born	(1856-10-22)October 22, 1856 Kindrativ, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	April 8, 1919(1919-04-08) (aged 62) Berehy Dolishni, West Ukrainian People's Republic
Nationality	Ukrainian
Alma mater	Lviv University
Occupations	Priest ethnographer folklorist historian public figure
Relatives	Wife – Olga Borysevych (died in 1942)
Religion	Greek-Catholicism
Church	Ruthenian Uniate Church
Writings	Village of Mshanets, Starosambirskyi povit. Materials on the history of the Galician village. Introduction and documents, 1906. Village of Mshanets, Starosambirskyi povit" (second part), 1906. Big Family in Mshanets, Starosambir Povit, 1906. Materials on the Cultural History of Galician Rus in the 18th and 19th Centuries, Collected by Mykhailo Zubrytskyi, Yuriy Kmit, Ivan Kobyletskyy, Ivan E. Levytskyi, and Ivan Franko", 1902.

Fr. Mykhailo Zubrytskyi of the Pomian coat of arms (October 22, 1856 – April 8, 1919) was a Greek-Catholic priest, Ukrainian ethnographer, folklorist, historian, public figure (including local self-government in the West Ukrainian People's Republic), publicist, and full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (from July 29, 1904; the only rural priest to hold such a rank).

He can be considered a founder of such currents in historical science that emerged in the 20th century, such as oral history and (partially) microhistory. The first scholar in the world who chose the life and customs of peasants as the subject of scientific research (thanks to his works, Mshanets, where he served for 31 years, is the most researched village in the historical-ethnographic dimension in all of Central and Eastern Europe).