Khrystofor Antonovych Baranovsky (; , romanized: Khristofor Antonovich Baranovskiy; — 1941) was a financial expert and a leader of cooperative movement in the Russian Empire, Ukraine, and Brazil.
Early life Baranovsky was born in the village of Nemyryntsi, Berdychiv Raion, in the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire (in the former Ruzhyn Raion, in the Zhytomyr Oblast of Ukraine). He was born to a peasant family. He did not earn a general education, but his financial talent made him the leader of the Ukrainian cooperative movement. In December 1913, Baranovsky was admitted to the International Co-operative Alliance.Svoboda members honored the first finance minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic Khrystofor Baranovsky. Svoboda website. August 1, 2013.
Career Prior to World War I he established the Soyuzbank in Kiev. In 1917, with Fedir Kryzhanivsky Baranovsky established the Ukrainbank and became its head director. In 1919, he chaired the board of the Central Ukrainian cooperative union - Central.
Baranovsky held the chair of the General Secretariat together with Volodymyr Vynnychenko (Secretary of Internal Affairs). He did not have any political affiliation.
In 1921, Baranovsky emigrated to South America where he died about 20 years later in 1941.
References
External links General Secretariat at Encyclopedia of Ukraine Council of National Ministers at Encyclopedia of Ukraine Hai-Nyzhnyk, P. Baranovsky Khrystofor Antonovych. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. Vol 2. "National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine". Kyiv 2003.