Ivan Hel

Ivan Hel a adăugat o fotografie

acum 3 luni

R.I.P
Ivan

Ivan Andriiovych Gel (Ukrainian: Іван Андрійович Гель, July 17, 1937 – March 16, 2011) was a Ukrainian politician and dissident. He was a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group and the Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party.

Ivan Hel a lăsat un gând

acum 3 luni

Biography Gel was born on 17 July 1937 in the village of Klitsko, which was then located within Lviv Oblast within the Ukrainian SSR. He was born into a peasant Greek-Catholic family. He was the son of Andriy Hel (born 1901), who volunteered for the Ukrainian Galician Army and served during the Polish–Ukrainian War. He later was the head of Prosvita, a society aimed at preserving Ukrainian culture, within the village of Klitsko and then participated in the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) before being arrested and sent to the gulags in 1950. Through his mother's side, he was part of the family of Tershakovets, which was well known for producing leaders of the OUN. He initially attended school in Komarno, but upon his father's arrest in 1950 his grades dropped dramatically as he was forced to work, and in 1952 he announced his refusal to join the local Komsomol for which he was expelled. As a result, he illegally obtained a passport and fled the area, going to work as a loader at a bread factory and completed night school in Sambir. After graduating, he attempted to enter the Faculty of History at University of Lviv. However, he was…Citește mai mult

Ivan Hel a lăsat un gând

acum 3 luni

Awards Member of the Order of Liberty (September 18, 2009). Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 4th class (August 18, 2006). Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 5th class (January 21, 2002).