Petro Franko

Petro Ivanovych Franko (; 21 June 1890 – 6 July 1941) was a Ukrainian educator, pedagogue, writer, ethnographer, scientist, military leader, and politician. Franko was a co-founder of the Plast, a Ukrainian Scouting Organization, and a former member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Early life and education Franko was born to Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko in Nahuievychi of Drohobych powiat (Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria) on 21 June 1890. He graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic Institute. He completed training as a pilot in 1916 at the flight school in Railovac, near Sarajevo.