Feodosiy Tetianych
Feоdosiy "FreePuliya" Tetianych, (also Fedir Tetyanych, Ukrainian: Феодосій Тетянич, Фрипулья, Russian: Феодосий Тетянич, Фрипулья) (17 February 1942, Kniazhychi - 18 February 2007, Kyiv) is Ukrainian and Soviet artist, philosopher and unrecognized saint of Ukraine, who took part of revival of idea of cossackdom as free people by the will of God on the lands of Eurasia and developed his own life and art philosophy based on such concepts as FreePuliya and Graceful Infinity.
Biography
Family and upbringing
Feodosiy was born in the village Kniazhychi in the Brovary district of Kyiv region of the Ukrainian Republic, which was at that time part of Soviet Union, occupied by Nazi Germany in 1942.
He is a descendant of Ukraino-Russian Christian Orthodox Cossack families living in the region from ancient times. Among his forefathers are registered Christians (peasants) and registered Cossacks in the Russian Empire, descendants of people of Ukrainian Rus, many of whom named themselves according to ancient tradition cossacks i.e. free men by the will of God, not of some or other king or lord.
Feodosiy's parents worked at a Soviet collective farm in his native village. During World War II, Feodosiy's father, Kostyantyn, was wounded fighting in the Red Army. Feodosiy's grandfather was peasant Mykhaylo Goncharenko. He was killed by Nazis in 1943, as they left Kniazhychi.
Work and impact
One of the main topics of his works is freedom. He depicted freedom in his pictures and in his performances. Feodosiy Tetianych invented the term, "FreePuliya" to describe the Eternal Free Pulsation of Universe, Eternal Grace of God. Later it became his nickname. In artistic cycles of Ukraine is known as Feodosiy FreePuliya, Fedir FreePuliya of simply FreePuliya.
He was one of the beginners of art performance movement in post-soviet Ukraine.
Legacy
Time passes and the philosophical and artistic legacy of Feodosiy become more and more popular non only in his native land, Kyivan Rus-Ukraine but in all parts of the world, modern global society. Ancient wisdom of cossacks of free Ukraine and saint Rus, free people of God and not of some or other lord can give a lot of grace, fun, creativity, show new ways of life to all humanity.
Sources
- «Fyodor Freepulya» Olexandr Dirdovsky's film
- "Site about Feodosiy Tetianych". Fripulia.narod.ru. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
- "Book about Feodosiy". Fripulia.narod.ru. 1998-05-13. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
- "АртРу.инфо - Персоны - Тетянич Федор Константинович". Artru.info. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
- "Всесвіт Фріпулья | Газета "День"" (in Ukrainian). Day.kiev.ua. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
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- Ася Баздырева. "Статьи — ART UKRAINE". Artukraine.com.ua. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
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- http://modern-stalking.org.ua/beskonechnost-fripulya/
- http://www.day.kiev.ua/uk/article/cuspilstvo/vsesvit-fripulya