Birthday profile

Maria Krushelnytska

Maria Krushelnytska, Ukrainian pianist (died 2025)

Born
December 31, 1934
Died
August 15, 2025
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1934

About Maria Krushelnytska

Maria Tarasivna Krushelnytska (Ukrainian: Марія Тарасівна Крушельницька; 31 December 1934 – 15 August 2025) was a Ukrainian pianist. == Life and career == Krushelnytska was born Areta Shushkevych on 31 December 1934 in Kharkiv. She was born days after her father, Taras Krushelnytskyi, was executed in Kyiv, and due to the wishes of the father out of fear for her safety, the daughter was named under the name Areta Shushkevych. In 1935, she lived with her mother in exile in Kursk, Russia, where they were exiled after the execution of their father. During World War II, she moved with her mother to her family in Lviv. On 14 January 1958, her father was exonerated and she received a new passport, in which she was able to use her name, Maria Krushelnytska. In 1960 she completed her postgraduate studies and returned to Lviv. She began to work as a teacher at the Lviv Conservatory, and in 1991 was a professor. Throughout her career she performed solo concerts across Ukraine, as well as Europe and the United States. During the Soviet era, she recorded an album featuring the compositions of L. Revutsky.

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Career and life highlights

The world when Maria Krushelnytska was born

Maria Krushelnytska was born in 1934. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1934

  • #1 song"Stars Fell on Alabama"
  • Top movieIt Happened One Night
  • Best-selling bookTender Is the Night – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Masters Tournament held at Augusta National
  • Top headlineFBI kills John Dillinger outside a Chicago theater
  • Technology milestoneFirst streamlined passenger train (Burlington Zephyr)
  • Defining fadShirley Temple mania
  • Notable inventionLaundromat
  • World population2.20 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population126.4M

1934 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Maria Krushelnytska's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19342026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$4,900$435,000
Average income$2,500$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.20$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population126.4M341 million

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