Ivan Gel ( uk, Іван Андрійович Ґель July 17, 1937, Klitsko (today
Lviv Raion
Lviv Raion ( uk, Львівський район) is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the city of Lviv. Four abolished ...
) – March 16, 2011)
was a Ukrainian politician and
dissident
A dissident is a person who actively challenges an established political or religious system, doctrine, belief, policy, or institution. In a religious context, the word has been used since the 18th century, and in the political sense since the 20th ...
. He was a member of the
Ukrainian Helsinki Group
The Ukrainian Helsinki Group ( uk, Українська Гельсінська Група) was founded on November 9, 1976, as the "Ukrainian Public Group to Promote the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords on Human Rights" ( uk, Українс ...
and the
Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party
Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party ( uk, Українська християнсько-демократична партія, ''Ukrayinska Khrystyianska Demokratychna Partiya''; UKhDP) is a small political party of Ukrainian SSR and Ukraine. It ...
.
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1937 births
2011 deaths
Burials at Lychakiv Cemetery
People from Lviv Oblast
People from Lwów Voivodeship
Soviet dissidents
Ukrainian dissidents
Ukrainian politicians
Ukrainian Helsinki Group
Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class
Dubravlag detainees
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