Yaroslav Yaroslavenko

Yaroslav Yaroslavenko (March 30, 1880 – June 26, 1958) was a Ukrainian composer who wrote the lyrics for "Za Ukrainu." He studied at the Lviv Conservatory from 1898 to 1900, and graduated with a degree in engineering from the Lviv Polytech Institute in 1904. He co-founded the Torban music publishing house in 1906 and was its director for over thirty years.