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| Born | Borys Ilich Oliynyk (1935-10-22)22 October 1935 |
| Died | 30 April 2017(2017-04-30) (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
Borys Illich Oliynyk (Ukrainian:Борис Ілліч Олійник;Russian:Борис Ильич Олейник,Boris Ilyich Oleynik; 22 October 1935[1] – 30 April 2017) was aSoviet andUkrainian poet, translator, and political activist.
The first works were published in 1950.[1]
Graduated fromKiev State University in 1958.[1]
He served in theVerkhovna Rada from 1992 to 2006 and was chairman of the Ukrainian Culture Fund.[2]
Before his death, Oliynyk was the most prominent representative of thenational-communist movement within theCommunist Party of Ukraine.[3]
While being Ukrainian, Oliynyk also officially adopted a Russian version of his last name as Oleynik.
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