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Borys Dmytrovych Grinchenko (November 27 (December 9), 1863 - April 23 (May 6), 1910) - Ukrainian writer, teacher, lexicographer, literary critic, ethnographer, historian, publicist, public and cultural figure. Editor of a number of Ukrainian periodicals. Advocated the spread of the Ukrainian language in schools and institutions. Literary pseudonyms: Vasyl Chaychenko, L. Yavorenko, P. Vartovy, B. Vilkhovy, Perekotipole, Grechanyk. Author of fundamental ethnographic, linguistic, literary and pedagogical works, historical essays, the first textbooks on the Ukrainian language and literature, in particular "Native Word" - a book for reading in school. Compiler of the four-volume explanatory "Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language".