Dr. Oleksander Tysovsky ( alternately Oleksandr Tysowskyj) (August 9, 1886 – March 29, 1968), pseudonym: "Drot", was the founder of the Ukrainian Scouting

Scouting in Ukraine

Scouting in Ukraine received World Organization of the Scout Movement recognition in July 2008. The Eurasian Region headquarters is located on Ukrainian territory.-2008 WOSM recognition:...

 organization Plast

Plast

The Plast National Scout Organization of Ukraine commonly called Ukrainian Plast or simply Plast is the largest Scouting organization in Ukraine.-First Phase: 1911-1920:...

 in 1911, and adapted the universal Scout principles to the needs and interests of Ukrainian

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...

 youth. In 1944 he emigrated to Vienna

Vienna

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. He was involved in Plast in exile, as well, and took part in a camp celebrating the 45th anniversary of Plast in Plastova Sich in Canada

Canada

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 in 1957. He died in Vienna 1968 and was buried in Vienna. He was reburied at the famous Lychakivskiy Cemetery

Lychakivskiy Cemetery

-History:Since its creation in 1787 as Łyczakowski Cemetery, it has been the main necropolis of the city's inteligentsia, middle and upper classes. Initially the cemetery was located on several hills in the borough of Lychakiv, following the imperial Austro-Hungarian edict ordering that all...

 in Lviv

Lviv

Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...

in 2002.