Oles Honchar

Oleksandr (Oles) Terentiyovych Honchar (Ukrainian: Олесь Гончар) (April 3, 1918, near Katerynoslav – December 12, 1995, Kiev), was a Ukrainian and Soviet writer and public figure fighting for the reinstatement of the Ukrainian culture in the Soviet society after its abolition by the establishment.

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Oles Honchar
Birth dateApril 03, 1918
Birth nameOleksandr Bilychenko
Birth place
Ukrainian People's Republic , Yekaterinoslav Governorate , Poltava Oblast , Sukha(village)
Ethnicity
Ukraine
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Date of deathDecember 12, 1995
Place of death
Ukraine , Kiev
Resting place
Baikove Cemetery
Education
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk National University
Education
Academician
TitleDeputy of Verkhovna Rada

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