Ivan Franko

Ukrainian poet and writer (1856–1916)

village in Hrymailiv Hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

village in Kozova Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

thumb|Monument to Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko, depicting a stone breaker (kameniar) "Kameniari" (), is a poem by Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko (1856–1916). In this poem, slaves bound by chains smash through rock using sledgehammers. Written in 1878 as one of the author's first works, the poem is allegorical, describing the twin ideas of liberation from an oppressive past (Polish, Russian and Austro-Hungarian rule of Ukraine) and of the laying down of a highway for future social progress by pioneers.

Ukrainian writer, poet

village in Terebovlia Hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

1890 children's book by Ivan Franko

Polish historian, antiquarian, archivist (1845–1917)