Fedir Andriyovych Lyzohub was a Ukrainian public and state figure, politician and the Otaman of Council of Ministers in 1918. In 1917 he headed department of Foreign Subjects at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Republic.
Biography
He was the son of Nadezhda Dmitrievna Dunin-Borkowska and Andriy Ivanovych Lyzohub, a poet and a friend of Taras Shevchenko. Fedir Lyzohub founded the Poltava Museum of Regional Studies, ensured that the Poltava administration building was built in the Ukrainian style, and installed a monument to Ivan Kotlyarevsky in Poltava. He also financially supported the Mykola Hohol School of Visual Arts in Myrhorod. On 19 August 1918 Lyzohub gave interview to German newspaper Berliner Tageblatt und Handels-Zeitung as Minister-President Lyzogub. In 8-14 November 1918 along with Skoropadsky, Lyzohub participated in secret negotiations with the Russian Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia in Crimea. Negotiations were taking place at the Dulber Palace in Koreiz. In his absence, plenary sessions of government were chaired by Minister of FinanceAnton Rzhepetsky. Talks about the Lyzohub's resignation appeared already on 11 November 1918 that were originated by Ukrainian activist Yevhen Chykalenko, according to whom three ministers Lyzohub, Rzhepetsky and Rohoza have resigned. The Minister of Internal Affairs in the Lyzohub governmentViktor Reinbot in his memoirs has explained the situation as following: "Soon Premier Lyzohub departed for Odessa to adjust relations with the High Command of the Austria-Hungary and for negotiations with the Crimea, with which obviously groundlessly was instigated unnecessary customs war. In Odessa it was expected to arrange a conference about the "Southern Alliance" of Ukraine, Don, Kuban, and Terek". That trip was crucially needed due to change of political situation in Europe with the end of the World War I. The military occupation of Ukraine by armed forces of the Central Powers was nearing the end. The military commandant of Austria-Hungary in Odessa field marshal Eduard Edler von Böltzcommitted suicide when he found out that Austria-Hungary lost the war. At the same time field marshal :de:Alfred Krauß|Alfred Krauß who led the Austrian Ost-Armee left earlier for homeland.
