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Dniprova Chayka was the pen name of Liudmyla Vasylevska (October 20, 1861 – March 13, 1927), a Ukrainian educator and writer.[1]

The daughter of a Russian village priest and a Ukrainian mother, she was born Liudmyla Berezyna in Karlivka[1] in the southern Ukraine and was educated at a private gymnasium in Odessa. She worked as a private tutor and then taught in a village school and later high school. She compiled Ukrainian folk songs and oral tradition. In 1885, she married Teofan Vasylevsky, a Ukrainian historian and patriot. Because Ukrainian nationalist was suppressed within the Russian empire, the couple often found themselves under police surveillance and, in 1905, Vasylevska's writings were confiscated.[2]

Her first poems and short stories were published in journals in Ukraine. She also wrote poems and fairy tales for children and the librettos for a number of children's operettas; the scores were written by Mykola Lysenko. Berezyna also wrote poetry in Russian and translated Swedish and Russian literature into Ukrainian.[2]

She and her husband separated after their children were grown up.[2]

Vasylevska died in Hermanivka at the age of 65.[1]

A collection of her works was published in 1929 and another in 1931.[1] Her work was translated to English for the collection In the Dark of the Night (1998).[2]

A commemorative coin bearing her image was released into circulation in Ukraine in 2011, the 150th anniversary of her birth. It was part of a series called "Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine".[3]

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- [en] Dniprova Chayka

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[fr] Dniprova Tchaïka

Dniprova Tchaïka, de son vrai nom Lioudmila Vassilevska, née le 20 octobre 1861 à Domanivka et morte le 13 mars 1927 à Hermanivka, est une poétesse, écrivaine pour enfants, nouvelliste, traductrice et éducatrice ukrainienne[1].

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[ru] Днипрова Чайка

Днипрова Чайка (Днепровая Чайка, укр. Дніпрова Чайка, настоящие имя и фамилия Людмила Алексеевна Василевская, урождённая Березина, укр. Людмила Олексіївна Василевська-Березіна, 20 октября (1 ноября) 1861 года, село Карловка Херсонской губернии (теперь Зелёный Яр) — 13 марта 1927, село Германовка Киевского округа) — украинская писательница и поэтесса.

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