page_title: Boryslav
section_title: People from Boryslav
hierarchical_section_title: Boryslav / People from Boryslav
caption_attribution_description: English: It is photograph of well-known Ukrainian art historian Mykhaylo Dragan
context_page_description: Boryslav is a city located on the Tysmenytsia River, in Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. Boryslav is designated as a city of oblast significance. It is a major center of petroleum industry. Population: 34,392.
context_section_description: Hank Brodt (1925-2020), Holocaust survivor and author of Hank Brodt Holocaust Memoirs. A Candle and a Promise [Amsterdam Publishers, 2016].
  Johan (Jan) Zeh (1817–1897), pharmacist, discovery of technology that led to the establishment of a new industry based on petroleum. Scientists worked out a method of distilling Boryslaw crude oil, and on 30 March 1853 constructed the first kerosine lamp.
  Mykhailo Dragan (1899–1952), Ukrainian art historian, born in Tustanovychi.
  José Maurer (1906-1968), stage and cinema actor starring mainly in the Yiddish theatre in Europe, Argentina and Israel
  Zbigniew Balik (born 1935), Polish scientist and politician, deputy to the Sejm 1989–1991.
  Wilhelm Dichter (born 1935), engineer, Holocaust survivor and writer.
  Wladyslaw Nehrebecki (1923–1978), a Polish animator and cartoon director, creator of Bolek and Lolek.
  Michael Sobell (1892–1993), British businessman and philanthropist.
  Szewach Weiss (born 1935), Israeli politician.
  Vira Vovk (born 1926), Ukrainian poet.
  Zdzisław Żygulski, Jr. (1921–2015), Polish art historian and professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków.
caption: Mykhailo Dragan
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