Volodymyr Mykhailovych Hnatiuk (Ukrainian: Володимир Михайлович Гнатюк; 9 May 1871 – 6 October 1926) was a writer, literary scholar, translator, journalist, and one of the most influential and notable Ukrainian ethnographers. He was a close companion of Mykhailo Hrushevsky and Ivan Franko. Hnatiuk focused primarily on West Ukraine, gathering information about folk songs, legends, customs and dialects. He served as secretary of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (1899), editing “The Ukrainian Historical Journal”, and was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1902) and National Academy of