Volodymyr Antonovych
| Volodymyr Antonovych Володимир Боніфатійович Антонович Włodzimierz Antonowicz |
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T. Meyerhoffer. Portrait of V. Antonovych, late 19th century.
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January 30, 1834 Makhnovka, Berdichev uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | March 21, 1908 (aged 74) Kiev, Russian Empire |
| Resting place | Baikove Cemetery, Kiev |
| Occupation | archeologist, paleographer, historian, ethnographer, and civil activist |
| Language | Russian, Ukrainian, Polish |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Alma mater | Kiev University |
| Notable works | Archives of South-Western Russia (8 volumes) |
| Spouse | Kateryna Melnyk-Antonovych |
| Children | Dmytro Antonovych |
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Volodymyr Antonovych (Ukrainian: Володи́мир Боніфа́тійович Антоно́вич; Polish: Włodzimierz Antonowicz; Влади́мир Бонифа́тьевич Антоно́вич; January 30, 1834, – March 21, 1908, Kiev) was a prominent Ukrainian historian and one of the leaders of the Ukrainian national awakening in the Russian Empire. As a historian, Antonovych, who was longtime Professor of History at the University of Kiev, represented a populist approach to Ukrainian history.
This approach, which earlier had been exemplified by another historian, Mykola Kostomarov (Nikolay Kostomarov), took the side of the common people in the recurrent conflicts between the state and the people which had characterized Ukrainian history over the centuries. Kostomarov, Antonovych, and other populist historians thought the spirit of the nation was embedded in the Ukrainian folk, and saw the various states which had ruled Ukraine as exterior and foreign to this folk.
Nevertheless, he was considered one of the most prominent specialists on pre-history of western Russia.
He was born January 18, 1834 in the village of Makhnivka (Makhnovka), Vinnytsia Oblast, then in the Imperial Russian Kiev Guberniya. His parents were two local teachers of Polish humble gentry ancestry, though Antonovych later claimed the direct predecessor of his family was a member of the mighty Lubomirski family. He himself on various occasions claimed his father was either Bolesław Antonowicz or a Hungarian wanderer named János Diday. He grew up in his mother's house in Makhnivka, and in early youth moved to Odessa. Little is known of this period in his life.
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