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Atena Pashko
Ukrainian chemical engineer, poet, social activist (1931–2012) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasylivna and the family name is Pashko.
Atena-Sviatomyra Vasylivna Pashko (Ukrainian: Атена-Святомира Василівна Пашко; 10 October 1931 – 20 March 2012)[1] was a Ukrainian chemical engineer, poet, and social activist in the Ukrainian rights movement. Her published poetry collections include, On the crossroads (На перехрестях), Volume 1, 1989;[2] On the tip of a candle (На вістрі свічки), 1991;[3] and The blade of my trail (Лезо моєї стежки), 2007.
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Atena-Sviatomyra Vasylivna Pashko Атена-Святомира Василівна Пашко | |
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Born | 10 October 1931 Bystrytsia, Drohobych district, Lwów Voivodeship, Poland |
Died | 20 March 2012 (2012-03-21) (aged 80) Kyiv, Ukraine |
Resting place | Baikove Cemetery, Kyiv |
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Alma mater | Ukrainian National Forestry University |
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Spouse | Viacheslav Chornovil |
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Pashko was the Chair of the Union of Ukrainian Women (1991), and served as president of the Viacheslav Chornovil International Charitable Foundation (1999). Administratively repressed during the Soviet era, she was later a recipient of the Order of Princess Olga and the Order of Liberty.[4]