Death
He died in poverty at 4 p. m. on May 28, 1916. Those who came to pay their respects saw him lying on the table covered with nothing but a ragged sheet. His burial and burial-clothes were paid for by his admirers, and none of his family came to visit him.
These events caused Heinrich Wigeleiser of the Academic Gymnasium to tell his Ukrainian students:
| “ | "Go and see him lying – as poor as your entire nation is. You did not prize him when he was alive and you do not prize him now, when he is dead" | ” |
Franko was buried at the Lychakivskiy Cemetery in Lviv.
Soon after his death the world witnessed the creation of two Ukrainian republics.
Read more about this topic: Ivan Franko
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