- Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych was born on December 13, 1877 in Monastyrok, Podolia, Russian Empire [now Monastyrok, Vinnytsia Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine]. Mykola Dmytrovych was a composer, known for Die Hard 2 (1990), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) and C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005). Mykola Dmytrovych died on January 23, 1921 in Markivka, Podolian Governorate, Ukrainian SSR [now Markivka, Haisin Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine].
- Lived and worked in a number of Ukrainian cities and villages: Shershni (near Bar, present day Vinnytsia Oblast), Nemyriv, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Chukiv, Hryshyne (modern Donetsk Oblast), Tulchyn, Kyiv.
- Died of a gunshot wound in the hands of his father, a priest, whom he visited for winter holidays in the village of Markivtsi.
- Ukrainian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist and teacher.
- His "Shchedryk" (first performed in 1916), based on traditional Ukrainian motifs and later adapted as "Carol of the Bells" by Peter Wilhousky remains one of the most beloved and cherished Christmas songs around the world, often arranged for Christmas movie.
- Initially reported as a random murder, his death was proven to be an assassination by Bolsheviks after documents pertaining the case were declassified with the fall of Soviet Union.
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