Mykhailo Mykolayovych Horyn ( uk, Михайло Миколайович Горинь; 17 June 1930 – 13 January 2013) was a Ukrainian human rights activist,

Soviet dissident Soviet dissidents were people who disagreed with certain features of Soviet ideology or with its entirety and who were willing to speak out against them. The term ''dissident'' was used in the Soviet Union in the period from the mid-1960s until ...

, and politician. He was a

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in the first convocation of the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

, from 15 May 1990 to 10 May 1994. He played an important role in the country's struggle for independence. Regarding Russian-Ukrainian relations, he said, "Our historical mission is to be the doctor who will cure Russia of its imperial ambition. Ukraine is a European power. Russia is not. It is a Eurasian power. It is sitting on top of the Ural mountains looking East and trying to decide how to tackle its problems".Eurasia Letter: Will Ukraine Return to Russia?, Eugene B. Rumer, Foreign Policy, 1994 He was the elder brother of Ukrainian Soviet dissidents Bohdan (b. 1936) and (b. 1945).

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1930 births 2013 deaths Ukrainian human rights activists Ukrainian dissidents People's Movement of Ukraine politicians People from Lviv Oblast Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class Soviet human rights activists Soviet dissidents Ukrainian Helsinki Group Chevaliers of the Order For Courage, 1st class {{Ukraine-activist-stub

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