Khrystofor Baranovsky was born in the village of Nemyryntsi, Berdychiv uyezd, in the Kiev Governorate

Kiev Governorate

Kiev Governorate , or Government of Kiev, was an administrative division of the Russian Empire.The governorate was established in 1708 along with seven other governorates and was transformed into a viceroyalty in 1781...

 of the Russian Empire

Russian Empire

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 (in present-day Ruzhyn Raion

Ruzhyn

Ruzhyn is an urban-type settlement in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. It has a population of under 5,000 people and its surroundings are known for areas of outstanding natural beauty.-History:...

, in the Zhytomyr Oblast

Zhytomyr Oblast

Zhytomyr Oblast is an oblast of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Zhytomyr.-History:The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on September 22, 1937....

 of Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

). Baranovsky held the chair of the General Secretariat

General Secretariat of Ukraine

The General Secretariat of Ukraine was the main executive institution of the Ukrainian People's Republic from June 28, 1917 to January 22, 1918.It closely related to the today's Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine...

 together with Volodymyr Vynnychenko

Volodymyr Vynnychenko

Volodymyr Kyrylovych Vynnychenko - Biography :Vynnychenko was born in Yelisavetgrad , the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire in a family of peasants. His father Kyrylo Vasyliovych Vynnychenko earlier in his life was a peasant-serf has moved from a village to the city of Yelisavetgrad where...

 (Secretary of Internal Affairs). He did not have any political affiliation. Baranovsky was born in a peasant family. He did not earn a general education, but his financial talent made him the leader of the Ukrainian cooperative

Cooperative

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 movement.

Prior to World War I

World War I

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 he established the Soyuzbank in Kiev

Kiev

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. In 1917 with Fedir Kryzhanivsky Baranovsky established the Ukrainbank and became its head director. Since 1919 he chaired the board of the Central Ukrainian cooperative union - Central. In 1920 Baranovsky emigrated to South America

South America

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where he died some 20 years later.