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Ivan Yakovlevich Franko (Ukr. Ivan Yakovich Franco; August 27, 1856, village of Naguevichi, Drohobych Povet, Galicia - May 28, 1916, Lviv) writer, poet, fiction writer, scientist, publicist and activist of the revolutionary socialist movement in the west of Ukraine. One of the initiators of the founding of the Russian-Ukrainian Radical Party operating in Austria.
In honor of Franco, the city of Stanislavov was renamed Ivano-Frankivsk.
In honor of Franco, the city of Stanislavov was renamed Ivano-Frankivsk.