Borys Illich Oliynyk ( uk, Борис Ілліч Олійник; russian: Борис Ильич Олейник, Boris Ilich Oleynik; 22 October 1935 – 30 April 2017) was a

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poet, translator, and

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. He served in 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 1992 to 2006 and was chairman of the Ukrainian Culture Fund. Before his death, Oliynyk was the most prominent representative of the national-communist movement within the

Communist Party of Ukraine The Communist Party of Ukraine, Abbreviation: KPU, from Ukrainian and Russian "" is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993 as the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine which was banned in 1991 (accord ...

. In 2005, he was awarded the title "

Hero of Ukraine Hero of Ukraine (HOU; uk, Герой України, ''Heroi Ukrainy'') is the highest national title that can be conferred upon an individual citizen by the President of Ukraine. The title was created in 1998 by President Leonid Kuchma and as ...

." While being Ukrainian, Oliynyk also officially adopted a Russian version of his last name as Oleynik.

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1935 births 2017 deaths Burials at Baikove Cemetery People from Poltava Oblast Communist Party of Ukraine politicians First convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Second convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Third convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Fourth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Recipients of the USSR State Prize Recipients of the title of Hero of Ukraine Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 3rd class Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine {{Ukraine-writer-stub