Mykola Arkas

Mykola Mykolayovych Arkas (Ukrainian: Микола Миколайович Аркас; 7 January 1853 [O.S. 26 December 1852] – 26 March [O.S. 13 March] 1909) was a Ukrainian composer, writer, historian, and cultural activist of Greek ancestry. In 1908, Arkas wrote History of Ukraine, first popular history of Ukraine published in Ukrainian. His most notable musical composition was the opera Kateryna.