Oleksa Hirnyk
(1912-1978)
Ukrainian Soviet dissident
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Oleksa Mykolajovych Hirnyk (Ukrainian: 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. The act was quickly covered up by the Soviet authorities and remained unknown to general populace for decades.
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27 March 1912 Bohorodchany, Austria-Hungary
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21 January 1978 (aged 65) Kaniv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
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