Mykhaylo Bohdanovych Svystovych ( uk, Михайло Богданович Свистович; born December 11, 1968 in Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv region) —

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social activist Activism (or Advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good. Forms of activism range fro ...

and member of "

Vidsich The сivic movement "Vidsich" ( uk, Відсіч, ''Rebuff'', Russian language, Russian: Bидсич) is an active Ukraine, Ukrainian nonviolent social movement created in 2010 as a reaction to the policies of then President of Ukraine Victor ...

" civil movement, editor of "Maidan" magazine and

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Biography

Mykhaylo Svystovych was born in Pervomaisk in

Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv Oblast ( uk, Микола́ївська о́бласть, translit=Mykoláyivsʹka óblastʹ, ), also referred to as Mykolaivshchyna ( uk, Микола́ївщина, Mykoláivshchyna, ) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administra ...

. Shortly after his birth the family moved to

Mykolayiv Mykolaiv ( uk, Миколаїв, ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Southern Ukraine, the Administrative centre, administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv city, which provides U ...

. When he was studying in fourth grade of school, Mykhaylo read a book about Native Americans and became interested in

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. At age 14, he concluded that fate of the

Ukrainian people Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ortho ...

is very similar to the fate of Indians that were placed into reservations. Since then, Mykhaylo began to speak only

Ukrainian language Ukrainian ( uk, украї́нська мо́ва, translit=ukrainska mova, label=native name, ) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family. It is the native language of about 40 million people and the official state langu ...

, despite the fact that the most of people who surrounded him in Mykolayiv were speaking

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

After finishing school, Svystovych entered the

Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

on the faculty of economics. At 1987 he joined the environmental protection squad called "Lenin Watch" (sector of fight against poaching), then — Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian language organization and also

People's Movement of Ukraine The People's Movement of Ukraine ( uk, Народний Рух України, Narodnyi Rukh Ukrayiny) is a Ukrainian political party and first opposition party in Soviet Ukraine. Often it is simply referred to as the Movement ( uk, Рух, Rukh ...

. He is one of the founders of Ukrainian Students Union (USS) that conducted the student hunger strikes in 1990, member of "

Revolution on Granite The Revolution on Granite ( uk, Революція на граніті, translit=Revoliutsiia na hraniti) was a student-led protest campaign that took place primarily in Kyiv and Western Ukraine in October 1990.Ukrainian Republican Party The Ukrainian Republican Party ( uk, Українська Республіканська партія; ''Ukrajinska Respublikanska Partija'') was the first registered political party in Ukraine created on November 5, 1990

, which was later renamed to the URP "Sobor". 1993 — worked in financial department of the state administration of Moscow district of

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. Since 1996 – worked as a deputy head of currency department of "Gradobank". Since 1997 – worked as a head of currency operations Joint Stock Commercial Bank "Alliance". In December 2000, after the death of his friend

Georgiy Gongadze Georgiy Ruslanovych Gongadze ka, გიორგი რუსლანის ძე ღონღაძე, Giorgi Ruslanis dze Ghonghadze (21 May 1969 – 17 September 2000) was a Georgian-Ukrainian journalist and film director who was kidn ...

, he left his job at the bank and intensified his efforts in civic and community activities. He was one of the initiators of the movement "

Ukraine without Kuchma Ukraine without Kuchma ( uk, Україна без Кучми; ''Ukrayina bez Kuchmy'', Russian: Украина без Кучмы, UBK) was a mass protest campaign that took place in Ukraine in 2000–2001, demanding the resignation of President L ...

" and was a member of the committee "For Truth!". MykhayloSvystovych is one of the founders of the All-Ukrainian civil campaign "

Pora! Pora! ( uk, Пора!, Russian: Пора!), meaning “''It's time!”'' in both Ukrainian and Russian, is a civic youth organization (Black Pora!) and political party in Ukraine ( Yellow Pora!) espousing nonviolent resistance and advocating inc ...

" (black). During its activity, shortly before the

Orange Revolution The Orange Revolution ( uk, Помаранчева революція, translit=Pomarancheva revoliutsiia) was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate afterm ...

he suffered persecution by the Ukrainian authorities.

Security Service of Ukraine The Security Service of Ukraine ( uk, Служба безпеки України, translit=Sluzhba bezpeky Ukrainy}) or SBU ( uk, СБУ, link=no) is the law enforcement authority and main intelligence and security agency of the Ukrainian ...

called him for interrogation, and conducted searches in his apartment. He was a member of the Public Council of The

Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine ( uk, Міністерство внутрішніх справ України, Ministerstvo vnutrishnikh sprav Ukrainy, MVS) is the ministry of the Ukrainian government that oversees the interior aff ...

. Since 2010, Mykhaylo Svystovychis activist of civic movement "

Political activity

Has no affiliation with any political party; at the

2006 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2006. * Elections in 2006 * Electoral calendar 2006 * 2006 Acehnese regional election * 2006 American Samoan legislative election * 2006 Bahraini parliamentary election * 2006 Costa Rican presidenti ...

he was elected as a deputy of the

Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, w ...

regional council as a part of the list of

Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc ( uk, Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko, BYuT) was the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko since 2001. In November 2011, the participation of blocs ...

Private life

Mykhaylo Svystovych is married (second marriage) with Myroslava Svystovych; he has 3 children, two of them in his second marriage: the eldest son is Yaroslav and the youngest daughter is Lada. Svystovych family is living in apartment in the

Irpin Irpin ( uk, Ірпі́нь, ) is a Hero City of Ukraine located on the Irpin River in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) right next to the city of Kyiv in northern Ukraine. Irpin hosts the administration of Irpin urban hromada, one of the hroma ...

city near Kyiv. His wife, Myroslava, was Irpin Mayor in 2006–2007.Ірпінська міська рада (керівний склад попередніх скликань)

References

External links

Maidan – Pulse of the civil resistance Ukraine

Alliance of civic activists

Questions and answers about Maidan - Michael Svystovych of himself
{{DEFAULTSORT:Svystovych, Mykhaylo 1968 births Living people Independent politicians in Ukraine Irpin People from Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast People of the Revolution on Granite People of Ukraine without Kuchma People of the Orange Revolution People of the Euromaidan Vidsich