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Oleksa Hirnyk

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Oleksa Mykolajovych Hirnyk (Олекса Миколайович Гiрник, Oleksa Mykolajovyč Hirnyk) (28 March 1912 – 21 January 1978) was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident, an engineer by profession, who burned himself to death as an act of protest against Soviet suppression of the Ukrainian language, culture and history. [1]

15 relations: Bohorodchany, Hero of Ukraine, Hirnyk (surname), Iryna Farion, Jan Palach, Kaniv, Kostas Georgakis, List of heroes of Ukraine, List of political dissidents, Liviu Cornel Babeș, Romas Kalanta, Russification, Self-immolation, Taras Hill, Vasyl Makukh.

Bohorodchany

Bohorodchany (Богородчани,; Bohorodczany) is an urban-type settlement in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, several miles from Ivano-Frankivsk.

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Hero of Ukraine

Hero of Ukraine (HOU) (Герой України, Heroy Ukrayiny) is the highest national title that can be conferred upon an individual citizen by the President of Ukraine.

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Hirnyk (surname)

Hirnyk (Гірник) is a surname of Ukrainian origin.

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Iryna Farion

Iryna Farion (Ірина Дмитрівна Фаріон, Iryna Dmytrivna Farion) is a Ukrainian linguist and politician.

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Jan Palach

Jan Palach (11 August 1948 – 19 January 1969) was a Czech student of history and political economy at Charles University in Prague.

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Kaniv

Kaniv (Канів,; Ка́нев, translit. Kanev; Kaniów) is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine.

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Kostas Georgakis

Kostas Georgakis (Κώστας Γεωργάκης) (23 August 1948 – 19 September 1970) was a Greek student of geology, who, in the early hours of 19 September 1970, set himself ablaze in Matteotti square in Genoa as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.

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List of heroes of Ukraine

The article uses the latest official Romanization of Ukrainian on resolution of the Government of Ukraine.

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List of political dissidents

Political dissidents are people who question and criticize state policy or the 'dominate narrative' which is broadcast by mainstream media and accepted by the majority of the population.

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Liviu Cornel Babeș

Liviu Cornel Babeș (September 10, 1942 Brașov – March 2, 1989 Braşov) was a Romanian electrician and painter who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest.

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Romas Kalanta

Romas Kalanta (February 22, 1953 – May 15, 1972) was a 19-year-old Lithuanian high school student known for his public self-immolation protesting Soviet regime in Lithuania.

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Russification

Russification (Русификация), or Russianization, is a form of cultural assimilation process during which non-Russian communities, voluntarily or not, give up their culture and language in favor of the Russian one.

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Self-immolation

Self-immolation is an act of killing oneself as a sacrifice.

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Taras Hill

Taras Hill or Chernecha Hora (Чернеча гора; literally, Monk's Hill) is a hill on the bank of the Dnieper near Kaniv in Ukraine and an important landmark of the Shevchenko National Preserve where the remains of the famous Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko have been buried since 1861.

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Vasyl Makukh

Vasyl Omelyanovich Makukh (Ukrainian: Васи́ль Омеля́нович Ма́кух) (14 November 1927, Lwów Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic – 5 November 1968, Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) was a Soviet veteran of the World War II, political prisoner and Ukrainian activist, a member of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksa_Hirnyk

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