Dmytro Dmytrovych Sydor (, also known as Pop Sydor (), born March 29, 1955, in

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) is a Rusyn

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of the

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. The cathedral belongs to the

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. In 1971 Sydor graduated the Uzhhorod Institute with specialist "Electronic instrument". After that he worked at a Soviet military company in

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"Mukachevpribor" that was supplying equipment for nuclear submarines. In 1982 he graduated

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and is a Candidate of Theology. Sydor is also notable as a politician. He is a member of Zakarpattia Oblast Council since 2002.Dimitry Sydor (Сидор Дмитрий Дмитриевич)
Lidery rehioniv. (archived) He is the chairman of the Soym of Subcarpathian Rusins ( Congress of Carpathian Ruthenians, Сойм підкарпатських русинів), an association of the Rusin organizations of

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. One of the movement's goals is the autonomy of

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within

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. In 2008 he was accused of separatist activities and questioned by the

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as part of the criminal investigations of the "threat to state integrity". Sydor denied the accusation saying that he speaks for the autonomy within Ukraine, rather than for a separate state. Some local media claim that Sydor's movement is subsidized from

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.Oleksandr Havrosh.
Father Sydor from grandson of Molotov (Батюшці Сидору — від онука Молотова)
'. Ukraina moloda. 8 November 2008. In 2012 he was convicted to three years in prison conditionally for separatism (encroachment on territorial integrity).
Newsru.ua. 20 March 2012 According to internet publisher "Newsru", earlier in 2008 the Zakarpattia Rusyns appealed to Russia to recognize independence of Subcarpathian Ruthenia from Ukraine.

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