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Kostiuk Yurii Yuriiovych (real name Kostio; 03.03.1912, the village of Syrma, now Drotyntsi, Vynohradiv district, Zakarpattia region; 12.07.1998, Presov, Slovakia) is a teacher, folklorist, composer, conductor. Doctor of Philosophy (1969). He graduated from the Charles University in Prague (1947). From 1931 he taught in Transcarpathia. 1945-48 - a music teacher at the Teacher's Seminary in Prague. From 1948, he directed choirs and musical ensembles in Presov. 1953 - 55 - founder and director of the Ukrainian Song and Dance Ensemble in Medzilabircy (Slovakia), 1956-58 - Piddukliany Ukrainian Folk Ensemble in Pryšová. At the same time, from 1958-77 he worked at the P. Šafáryk University in Presov: from 1966 he was the head of the Department of Music Education. He recorded folk songs of Ukrainians in Poland and Romania.