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Vasyl Stus Prize
The Vasyl Stus Prize ( uk, Премія імені Василя Стуса), given since January 1989, is the first non-governmental prize awarded for "talent and courage" and being worthy of the memory of Vasyl Stus. This Prize was set up by the Ukrainian Association of the Independent Creative Intelligentsia and awarded every year on the poet’s, Stus', date of birth in Lviv. In 1990 it moved to Kyiv. Winners Among the winners (which is already over 60): * Olena Golub * Mykola Horbal * Maria Burmaka * Olga Bogomolets * Igor Zhuk * Opanas Zalyvakha * Taras Kompanichenko * Mykhailyna Kotsiubynska * Ivanna Krypyakevych * Volodymyr Kuchynsky * Raisa Lysha * Sergiy Moroz * Kost Moskalets * Vasyl Ovsienko * Ivan Svitlichny * Nadiya Svitlychna * Liudmyla Semykina * Halyna Sevruk * Galyna Stefanova * The Telnyuk Sisters * Moysey Fishbein * Valeriy Franchuk * Oleksandr Riabokrys * Myroslav Marynovych * Iryna Zhylenko * Yevgen Zakharov * Lyubov Panchenko See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика, group=note), abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, or UkSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. In the anthem of the Ukrainian SSR, it was referred to simply as ''Ukraine''. Under the Soviet one-party model, the Ukrainian SSR was governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union through its republican branch: the Communist Party of Ukraine. The first iterations of the Ukrainian SSR were established during the Russian Revolution, particularly after the Bolshevik Revolution. The outbreak of the Ukrainian–Soviet War in the former Russian Empire saw the Bolsheviks defeat the independent Ukrainian People's Republic, after which they fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kost Moskalets
KOST (103.5 FM) is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts an AC radio format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. Its studios are co-located with its sister stations on West Olive Avenue in Burbank. KOST is the home of Ellen K, segments of whose morning show are syndicated to other iHeart AC stations on Saturday mornings. The transmitter is atop Mount Wilson alongside most L.A. based television and FM radio stations. Those FM stations, along with KOST, are considered "superpower" grandfathered stations, since their effective radiated power (ERP) greatly exceeds the level set by the Federal Communications Commission for Class B FM stations at their height on Mount Wilson. KOST broadcasts using HD Radio technology. The HD2 digital subchannel rebroadcasts co-owned talk radio station KFI 640 AM. The HD3 subchannel formerly carried the iHeart soft adult contemporary format, "The Breeze." T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgen Zakharov
Yevgen Yukhymovych Zakharov (born 12 November 1952) is a Ukrainian human rights activist and Member of the Ukrainian PEN. He is a Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, Director of the Kharkiv Human Rights Group. He was an activist in the dissident movement of the 1970s and 1980s. Biography Yevgen Zakharov was born on November 12, 1952 in the city of Kharkiv. Education * 1960–1970 – Zakharov studied at the secondary school, Kharkiv *1970–1975 – he graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of the Kharkiv State University, graduating with honors *1982–1985 – Zakharov was a graduate student of the Rostov Institute of Railway Engineers *1985 – he became Candidate of Sciences (Technology) *September 1996 – Yevgen Zakharov was a participant of the USIA’s International Visitors Program “Development of Democracy in Multiethnic Societies” (USA) *August 1998 – he studied at first school on monitoring human rights, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iryna Zhylenko
Irina (Iraida) Volodymyrivna Zhylenko (28 April 1941 – 3 August 2013), a Ukraine, Ukrainian poet, was the a wife of Volodymyr Drozd. She was born in Kyiv and died in August 2013 at the age of 72. Biography In 1964, she graduated from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv and published her first book of essays ''Bukovina Ballads''. She is the author of twelve books of poetry, including ''Solo for Sofia'' (1965), ''Self-Portrait in Red'' (1971), ''A Window into the Garden'' (1978), ''Concert for a Violin and a Grass-Hopper'' (1979), ''Market of Wonders'' (1982), ''The Last Street Organ-Grinder'' (1985), ''The Girl at the Ball'' (1987) ''Tea Ceremony'' (1987), ''An Evening Party in an Old Winery'' (1994) and ''Seasons'' (1999). She also wrote short stories and poetry for children. English translations by Gladys Evans of her poems appeared in the ''Anthology of Soviet Ukrainian Poetry'' published in Kyiv in 1982. Virlana Tkacz and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myroslav Marynovych
Myroslav Frankovych Marynovych ( uk, Миросла́в Фра́нкович Марино́вич, born 4 January 1949, Komarovychi, Staryi Sambir Raion) is a vice-rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, social activist, co-founder of Amnesty International Ukraine, and a founding member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. Biography Early life Marynovych was born on January 4, 1949, in the village of Komarovychi of Starosambirsky district of Drohobych Oblast (now Lviv Oblast). His grandfather was a priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and his family was very religious. In Drohobych he attended high school, which graduated with a gold medal. Then he worked as a secretary at the plant in Drohobych for a year. In 1967, Myroslav Marynovych began studying at the Lviv Polytechnic Institute. In the Institute he spoke out against the Soviet regime which did not uphold the ideals of Communism. As a result of this, the first meeting with the KGB took place in 1970. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksandr Riabokrys
Riabokrys Oleksandr Mykhailovych ( uk, Олександр Михайлович Рябокрис) (born June 1, 1952) is a current director of the documentary film department of the National Television Company of Ukraine, and laureate of the Vasyl Stus Prize. Biography Born in 1952 in the mining city of Krasnoarmiysk into a surveying and bookkeeping family, he graduated from the Donetsk Polytechnic institute as an engineer of Industrial control systems, and from Saint Petersburg State University of Cinema and television as a director. Films The first of his works was a film about the haidamaka-movement. Among another films are: * Sandarmokh * Ukrainians from Kolyma * academic Mykhailo Kravchuk Calvary * Man of Will (about Mykhailo Soroka) * The Miroslav Simchich war * Free Cossacks (the liberation movement in 1918-1922 in Kholodny Yar) * Sergei Korolev" * Opening Sky (the development of aviation in Ukraine ) * The Great Game (about the Ukrainian scouts organisat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeriy Franchuk
The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name ''Valerius''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The Slavic given name Valery, Valeriy or Valeri derives directly from the Latin name ''Valerius''. Given name * Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist and author * Valery V. Afanasyev, Russian hockey coach * Valery Asratyan (1958–1996), Soviet serial killer * Valery Belenky, Azerbaijani-German former Olympic artistic gymnast * Valeriy Belousov, Russian decathlete * Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian international footballer * Valery Bryusov, Russian poet * Valeri Bukrejev, Estonian pole vaulter * Valeri Bure, Russian ice hockey player * Valery Chkalov, Russian aircraft test pilot * Valery Gazzaev, Russian football manager * Valery Gerasimov, Russian General, the current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, and first Deputy Defen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moysey Fishbein
Moysey (Moses) Abramovich Fishbein ( uk, Мойсей Абрамович Фішбейн; 1 December 1946 – 26 May 2020) was an influential Ukrainian poet and translator of Jewish origin. Biography Moysey Fishbein was born on 1 December 1946 in Chernivtsi (then a city in the Ukrainian SSR). He graduated in philology in 1976 from Kyiv Pedagogical Institute. He later was an editor at the ''Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia''. The early works of the young poet were noted and supported by famous Ukrainian author Mykola Bazhan, who played a significant role in promoting Fishbein's first publications. In 1979 Fishbein was forced to make ''Aliyah'' to the State of Israel, for his role as a Soviet dissident. The limited opportunities for an author of Ukrainian poetry in Israel caused him to make ''Yerida'' to West Germany in 1982. There Fishbein worked as a journalist at the Ukrainian diaspora magazine ''Suchasnist'' ("Our Times"), as well as giving Ukrainian and Russian broadcasts of Radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Telnyuk Sisters
The Telnyuk Sisters ( uk, ТЕЛЬНЮК: Сестри) are a Ukrainian vocal duo composed of Lesya and Halya Telnyuk. They were awarded the Vasyl Stus Prize for the preservation and promotion of the Ukrainian culture. They have also been awarded the People's Artist of Ukraine prize. Early life Ukrainians Lesya and Halya Telnyuk began composing at the age of 13. They created rock ballads, elegies, and songs for choral performances based on the verses of classic Ukrainian poets. They began their first serious attempt at arranging their own songs with composer Alexander Melnyk. They then began their professional music career in the year 1986. Career timeline In 1987, one year after their debut, the sisters became the laureates of the national competition "New Names". They won multiple awards at the first and second "Chervona Ruta" festivals in 1989 and 1991 with songs based on the verse of Pavlo Tychyna. In the early 1990s, the sisters released the albums ''Moment'' and ''Lesy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halyna Sevruk
Halyna Sylvestrivna Sevruk ( uk, Галина Сильвестрівна Севрук, ) (18 May 1929 – 13 February 2022) was a Ukrainian artist who was particularly notable for her ceramics and mosaics. Her art often incorporated themes related to Ukrainian history and culture. She was a member of the Ukrainian Sixtiers, a dissident movement of intellectuals within the Soviet Union in the 1960s. Early years Sevruk was born on 18 May 1929 in Samarkand, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Uzbekistan. As a result of forced emigration, her parents had been in Samarkand starting in 1920. Her father, Sylvestr Martynovych Sevruk, was an architect, and came from a Polish family. Her mother Iryna Dmytrivna (née Hryhorovych-Barska) was Ukrainian, and was related to the noted architect Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi. The year after Halyna Sevruk's birth, the family moved to Kharkiv, the largest city in the northeast region of Ukraine. They moved again in 1944, settling in the city of Kyiv. Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liudmyla Semykina
Liudmyla Nikolaevna Semykina ( uk, Людмила Миколаївна Семикіна) (23 August 1924 – 12 January 2021) was an artist and Painting, painter from Odesa, Ukraine, and an Merited Artist of Ukraine, Honored Artist of Ukraine (2009). She was awarded the Shevchenko National Prize, Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine for a series of costumes for ''High Castle'' (1997) and a winner of the Vasyl Stus Prize (2000). Semykina is known for her artworks, including many paintings, landscapes, and Still life, still life portraits of Odesa. Biography Semykina graduated from Grekov Odesa Art School in 1943 and the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture, Kiev State Art Institute in 1953. She became a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine in 1958. In 1964, one year after she joined the Club of Creative Youth in Kyiv, she was commissioned by the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv University to paint an image. She created a Stained glass, stai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
