Vasyl SukhomlynskyVasyl Sukhomlynsky (1918-1970) was the principal of a combined primary and secondary school in the Ukrainian village of Pavlysh from 1948 until his death in 1970. Together with his dedicated staff, he created a holistic system of education that addresed multiple aspects of a child's development: physical, emotional, moral, intellectual, aesthetic, and vocational. Sukhomlynsky also wrote hundreds of little stories and vignettes to support his students' education and has become recognised in Ukraine as a children's writer, as well as an educator. Read More Read Less