Ivan Kulyk
| Ivan Kulyk Іван Юліанович Кулик |
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| People's Secretary on International Affairs (People's Secretariat) | |
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In office March 4, 1918 – March 17, 1918 |
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| Prime Minister | Yevgenia Bosch |
| Preceded by | Sergei Bakinsky (as Nationalities) |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Zatonsky (as Foreign Affairs) |
| Writer's Union of Ukraine chairman | |
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In office 1934–1937 |
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| Preceded by | post created |
| Succeeded by | Oleksandr Korniychuk |
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January 26, 1897 Shpola, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | October 10, 1937 (aged 40) |
| Nationality | Jews |
| Alma mater | Odessa Arts School |
Ivan Yulianovych Kulyk (Ukrainian: Іван Юліанович Кулик; born Izrail Yudelevich Kulik ) (January 14, 1897 – October 10, 1937) was a Jewish-Ukrainian poet, writer, translator, diplomat and Communist Party activist. He also wrote under the names "R. Rolinato" and "Vasyl Rolenko".
Kulyk was born in the city of Shpola, in the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire (now in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine) into the family of a teacher. He finished fourth-grade college in Uman where he moved with his parents. There his first poem was published in the Uman newspaper Provincial voice ("Провинциальный голос"), in Russian.
In 1911 he enrolled into the Odessa Art academy. In 1914, together with his parents, he emigrated to the United States. There he worked in the factories and mines in Pennsylvania. He began publishing his poems in the local Russian newspaper New world ("Новый мир"). In 1914 he became a member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP).
In spring 1917 Kulyk travelled through the Russian Far East and Siberia, returning to Kiev where he joined the local revkom. He actively participated in the Kiev Bolshevik Uprising that led to the establishment of the Soviet government in Kiev. In December 1917 he was elected to the Central Executive Committee of Soviets and the first Soviet government of the Ukrainian SSR (heading the People's Secretariat of the Foreign Affairs). In summer of 1918 together with Vitaliy Primakov participated in the formations of the Red Cossacks military units.
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