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Mariya Orlyk
Mariya Andriivna Orlyk (; 15 May 1930 – 2 December 2022) was a Ukrainian teacher and Communist Party of the Soviet Union politician. She began teaching in the village called Zolotnyky in the Ternopil Oblast following her graduation from the Faculty of History of the . in 1953. Orlyk taught history and was headmaster of the rural Zolotnikovskaya Secondary School. She served as a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR between 1975 and 1989 and was deputy chair of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR from April 1978 to 1990. Orlyk was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine from 1981 and was an elected deputy of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union from women's councils united by the Committee of Soviet Women between 1989 and 1991. She has been decorated with the Order of the Badge of Honour, the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, the Honored Worker of Culture of the Ukrainian SSR, all three classes of the Order o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monastyrshchinsky District
Monastyrshchinsky District () is an administrativeResolution #261 and municipalLaw #89-z district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Smolensky District in the north, Pochinkovsky District in the east, Khislavichsky District in the south, Mstsislaw District of Mogilev Region of Belarus in the west, and with Krasninsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement) of Monastyrshchina. Population: 10,788 ( 2010 Census); The population of Monastyrshchino accounts for 37.7% of the district's total population. Geography The whole area of the district belongs to the drainage basin of the Sozh River, a tributary of the Dnieper. The principal river of the district, the Vikhra River, a right tributary of the Sozh, crosses the district from northeast to southwest and then crosses into Belarus. The settlement of Monastyrshchina is l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Princess Olga
The Order of Princess Olga () is a Ukraine, Ukrainian civil decoration, featuring Olga of Kiev and bestowed to women for "personal merits in state, production, scientific, educational, cultural, charity and other spheres of social activities, for upbringing children in families". It was established by President of Ukraine, Presidential Decree No. 827/97 of 15 August 1997 and has three grades (classes), the first being the highest. The 1st grade medal is adorned with four rectangular amethysts and features a gilded ornament with silver parts. The two other grades also feature precious stones. Both Ukrainian citizens and foreigners are eligible for the order. The order can be rescinded by the President of Ukraine if a bearer is convicted of a serious crime. In 2020, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine established own "Order of Saint Equal-to-Apostle Princess Olga". Selected recipients * Tetiana Andriienko (1938–2016), Ukrainian Botany, botanist, Conservationist (biology), conservati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovna Rada building in Ukraine's capital Kyiv. The Verkhovna Rada developed out of the systems of the republican representative body known in the Soviet Union as the Supreme Soviet (Supreme Council) that was first established on 26 June 1938 as a type of legislature of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR after the dissolution of the All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets, Congress of Soviets of the Ukrainian SSR.Verkhovna Rada in the Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine The 12th convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR (1990 Ukrainian parliamentary election, elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women For The Future
All-Ukrainian Political Union Women for the Future () is a political party in Ukraine registered on 30 March 2001. The party was created by Lyudmila Kuchma, a wife of the then serving President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma. Among notable party candidates was Dmytro Firtash. At the legislative elections of 30 March 2002, the party won 2.1% of the popular vote and no seats; although final poll results had predicted 5% till 6% of the total votes for the party. (28 March 2002) At the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uryadovy Kuryer
''Uryadovy Courier'' (, literally ''Governmental Courier'') is the national daily newspaper published by the executive branch of Ukraine. History and profile Founded in 1990, ''Uryadovy Courier'' is published in Ukrainian, and is consistently among the top three newspapers. The first editor-in-chief was Mykhailo M. Soroka. The current editor-in-chief of ''Uryadovy Courier'' is Sergii Braga. It caters to political and business readers, and is used as a source by Reuters and Bloomberg news agencies. The ''Courier'' covers political, economic, cultural and sporting developments in Ukraine and around the world. However, the newspaper's principal focus is the work of the President and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. As an official publication, the ''Courier'' has exclusive first-hand information from government sources. Presidential and Ministerial decree A ministerial decree or ministerial order is a decree by a ministry. With a ministerial decree the administrative depart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia'' () was a multi-purpose encyclopedia of Ukraine, issued in the USSR. First attempt Following the publication of the first volume of the in Lviv, then in Poland, in 1930, the ''Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia'' (''USE'') was commissioned by Mykola Skrypnyk. During his chairmanship in Kharkiv the editorial board of the ''USE'' was established, enlisting the help of over 100 professionals. Printing began in early 1933, but Moscow censors decried the encyclopedia as being nationalist. Of the 20 planned volumes only three were produced. In the same year Skrypnyk committed suicide, and was succeeded by Volodymyr Zatonsky. The printed copies were destroyed, and plans for the November 1934 edition of USE dissolved. First edition In early 1948, interest in the ''USE'' returned as a response the publication of the '' Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Studies'' by Volodymyr Kubijovyč; an attempt to preserve a Ukrainian national heritage believed to be und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyiv Oblast
Kyiv Oblast (, ), also called Kyivshchyna (, ), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, which is administered as a city with special status. However, Kyiv also serves as the Capital (political), administrative center of the oblast. The Kyiv metropolitan area extends out from Kyiv city into parts of the oblast, which is significantly dependent on the urban economy and transportation of Kyiv. The population of Kyiv Oblast is Its largest city is Bila Tserkva, with a population over 200,000. The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is in the northern part of Kyiv Oblast. It is administered separately from the oblast and public access is prohibited. History Kyiv Oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on February 27, 1932 among the first five original oblasts in Ukraine. It was established on territory that had been known as Ruthenian land. Earlier histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KP (newspaper)
''Korotko Pro'' ( cyrl, Коротко про; ), formerly ''KP in Ukraine'' (; ) is a Ukrainian newspaper in Kyiv, the nation's capital. It is a Ukrainian language newspaper. Following the 24 February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the distribution of printed newspapers was stopped and the newspaper became an online publication. History The first issue of the newspaper, then named ''Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine'' (; ), was published on 4 October 1996. It was founded under a license from the Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda. The newspaper was exclusively in Russian. The website version of the newspaper was launched in February 2001, the website address was kp.kiev.ua; in October 2007 it was moved to the address kp.ua. In March 2009, the paper was awarded a "Newspaper of the Year 2008" award. In 2013 the publication became part of the United Media Holding group, created by Boris Lozhkin and owned by Serhiy Kurchenko. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Front (World War II)
The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War (term), Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War in modern Germany and Ukraine, was a Theater (warfare), theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies of World War II, Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Polish Armed Forces in the East, Poland. It encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltic states, Baltics), and Southeast Europe (Balkans), and lasted from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945. Of the estimated World War II casualties, 70–85 million deaths attributed to World War II, around 30 million occurred on the Eastern Front, including 9 million children. The Eastern Front was decisive in determining the outcome in the European theatre of World War II, European theatre of operations in World War II, eventually serving as the main reason for the defeat of Nazi Germany and the Axis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argumenty I Fakty
(, commonly abbreviated "АиФ" and translated as ''Arguments and Facts'') is a weekly newspaper based in Moscow and a publishing house in Russia and worldwide. Since 2014, it has been owned by the Government of Moscow. History and profile It was founded in 1978 by the All-Union Organisation "Znanie" (Knowledge) and was published throughout the whole Soviet Union for lecturers, propagandists, political agitators. In 1980 ''AiF'' was transformed into a weekly but was available only by subscription. In late 1980s, it was one of the leading publications in the Glasnost period. AiF was listed in the Guinness Book of Records with the largest circulation of any weekly publication. In 1990 it had a print run of 33.5 million. With the fall of the Soviet Union, publication of it was discontinued in countries outside the Russian Federation Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fakty I Kommentarii
''Fakty ta Komentari'' ({{langx, uk, Факти та коментарі, translated as ''Facts and Comments'') is a Ukrainian weekly newspaper published since August 1997. Fakty was published five times a week except Sundays and Mondays till January 2018. In 2018 it has turned to weekly. Oleksandr Shvets is editor-in-chief and the owner. The edition was a property of EastOne Group till June 2016. History The newspaper began coming out in August 1997. The long detailed headline for each article is the paper's style feature. According to TNS ''Fakty ta Komentari'' were second among weeklies since 2006 till 2009. In 2010 the edition become a leader of the “Common Interest Editions” segment. At that time the readership of its one issue was more than 1.300.000 persons. In 2009, the newspaper had to close its distribution net because of the 2008 financial crisis The 2008 financial crisis, also known as the global financial crisis (GFC), was a major worldwide financial cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Famine Of 1930–1933
The Soviet famine of 1930–1933 was a famine in the major grain-producing areas of the Soviet Union, including Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukraine and different parts of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia, including Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Kazakhstan, North Caucasus Krai, Northern Caucasus, Kuban, Kuban Region, Volga Region, the South Urals, and West Siberia. Major factors included the forced Collectivization in the Soviet Union, collectivization of agriculture as a part of the First five-year plan (Soviet Union), First Five-Year Plan and forced grain procurement from farmers. These factors in conjunction with a Industrialization of the Soviet Union, massive investment in heavy industry decreased the agricultural workforce. Estimates conclude that 5.7 to 8.7 million people died from starvation across the Soviet Union. In addition 50 to 70 million Soviet citizens starved during the famine yet survived. During this period General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
