Borys Oliynyk (poet)

Borys Oliynyk
Борис Олійник
Official Verkhovna Rada portrait, 2002
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
14 December 1992 – 25 May 2006
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished (1998)
Constituency
People's Deputy of the Soviet Union
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1935-10-22)22 October 1935
Zachepylivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died30 April 2017(2017-04-30) (aged 81)
Kyiv, Ukraine
PartyCommunist Party of Ukraine (1993–2005)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materTaras Shevchenko University of Kyiv
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Borys Illich Oliynyk (Ukrainian: Борис Ілліч Олійник; Russian: Борис Ильич Олейник, romanizedBoris Ilyich Oleynik; 22 October 1935 – 30 April 2017) was a Soviet and Ukrainian writer and politician who was a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 2006. Oliynyk was one of the leaders of the People's Movement of Ukraine and later a founder of the Communist Party of Ukraine.