Ivan Kuziv
Ivan Kuziv (; 1857, Dydiowa, Austrian Empire – 29 September 1918, Dydiowa, Austria-Hungary) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and ethnographer. Biography Ivan Kuziv was born in 1857 in the village of Dydiowa. In 1884 he was ordained a priest. Served in the parish of the village of Dydiowa, Bieszczady Powiat (1885–1888, administrator; 1888–1918, pastor). He was the dean of the Zatwarnica deanery (1918). Father Kuziv's house was visited by Ivan Franko (who called the priest "an outstanding ethnographer and a good expert on the Boikos"), Demian Hladylovych, Volodymyr Hnatiuk, Fedir Vovk, and Osyp Makovei. He corresponded with Ivan Franko. Died on 29 September 1918 in his family village. Family Fr. Ivan Kuziv's wife died a few weeks after the marriage. He lived with his mother-in-law and her three daughters. Works Author of the article "Life, existence, customs and manners of the mountain people" (1889, Zoria). References 1857 births 1918 deaths People from Podkarpackie Voivodeship Ukrainian Eastern Catholic priests Ukrainian ethnographers Ivan Franko