Despite all the national disasters of the 20th century, Ukrainian intellectual life has never been interrupted. On the contrary, it has always yielded more and more new examples of excellence in extremely unfavorable circumstances, not only under German Nazi and Russian Communist occupation regimes, but also throughout modern Ukrainian history.
The life path of Dmytro Shtohryn, a professor of literature, bibliographer and public figure, was representative of the history of his motherland. He was born on November 9, 1923, in village of Zvyniach in the Chortkiv region of Ternopil Oblast, into the patriotic family of Mykhailo and Kateryna (a descendant of the Figol family) Shtohryn, who were in charge of a Ukrainian Insurgent Army “kryivka” (a secret hiding place) during World War II.