List of Ukrainian cultural figures persecuted by the Soviet Union

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This article contains an incomplete list of those Ukrainian cultural figures who were persecuted and repressed by Soviet Russia and subsequently by the Soviet Union. The list is sorted by date of death.

Portrait Name Name in Ukrainian Date of birth Date of death Activity Repression
Oleksandr Borodai Олександр Бородай 1844 1919 Bandurist and engineer Execution[1]
Oleksandr Murashko Олександр Мурашко September 7, 1875 June 14, 1919 Painter and educator Murder[2]
Olelko Ostrovsky Олелько Островський August 6, 1887 July 6, 1919 Actor, director, writer and playwright Execution[3]
Oleksiy Ivanytsky Олексій Іваницький 1854 December 6, 1920 Photographer Shot by the Cheka[4]
Antin Mytyai Антін Митяй 1886 1921 Bandurist Shot[5]
Mykola Leontovych Микола Леонтович December 13, 1877 January 23, 1921 Composer, choir conductor and teacher Murdered by the Cheka[6]
Arkady Kazka Аркадій Казка September 23, 1890 November 23, 1929 Poet, translator and educator Imprisonment by the NKWD[7]
Pavlo Kolomiets Павло Коломієць 1900 November 10, 1929 Poet Suicide before arrest[8]
Mykola Khvylovy Микола Хвильовий December 13, 1893 May 13, 1933 Writer Suicide in the context of Stalinist repression[9]
Petro Drevchenko Петро Древченко 1863 1934 Kobzar Execution[10]
Serhii Pylypenko Сергій Пилипенко July 22, 1891 March 3,1934 Writer, journalist and literary critic Execution[11][12]
Oleksa Vlyzko Олекса Влизько February 17, 1908 December 14, 1934 Poet, prose writer, Futurist Execution[13]
Kost Bureviy Кость Буревій August 14, 1888 December 15, 1934 Poet, playwright, theatre scholar, literary critic and translator Execution[14]
Dmytro Falkivskyj Дмитро Фальківський November 3, 1898 December 16, 1934 Poet, prose writer, translator, screenwriter Execution[15]
Hryhorii Kosynka Григорій Косинка November 29, 1898 December 17, 1934 Writer, publicist and translator Execution[16]
Ivan Krushelnytsky Іван Крушельницький November 12, 1905 December 17, 1934 Poet, playwright, graphic artist, art historian and literary critic Execution[17]
Mykyta Kalistratenko Микита Калістратенко 1900 November 1935 Choir conductor, folklorist and organizer of music radio broadcasts Execution[18]
Borys Teneta Борис Тенета April 8, 1903 February 6, 1935 Poet and writer Died in prison[19]
Pylyp Zahoruiko Пилип Загоруйко June 27, 1900 February 25, 1935 Writer Execution[20]
Kazimir Malevich Казимир Малевич February 23, 1879 May 15, 1935 Painter Arrested twice: one month in Lefortovo Prison, over two months in Kresty Prison[21][22]
Yukhym Mikhailiv Юхим Михайлів September 27, 1885 July 15, 1935 Artist, poet and art critic Died in exile[23]
Yevhen Pluzhnyk Євген Плужник December 26, 1898 February 2, 1936 Writer Died in a labor camp[24]
Ivan Lychko Іван Личко 1882 1937 Writer Died in the Gulag[25]
Mykhailo Domontovych Михайло Домонтович October 31, 1883 1937 Kobsar and writer Execution[26]
Valentyn Shklyaiv Валентин Шкляїв 1895 1937 Theatre artist, set designer Arrested, fate unknown[27]
Petro Vanchenko-Ivaschenko Петро Ванченко-Іващенко January 11, 1898 March 10, 1937 Writer and actor Died in the Gulag[28]
Lazar Shevchenko Лазар Шевченко November 6, 1879 April 7, 1937 Actor Poisoned during NKVD interrogation[29]
Ladya Mohylyanska Ладя Могилянська November 7, 1899 June 6, 1937 Poet Prisoner in the Gulag and execution[30]
Mykhailo Boychuk Михайло Бойчук October 30, 1882 July 13, 1937 Artist, teacher, founder of the school of Ukrainian monumental painting Execution[31]
Ivan Lypkivsky Іван Липківський September 14, 1892 July 13, 1937 Painter Execution[32]
Ivan Padalka Іван Падалка November 15, 1894 July 13, 1937 Artist and educator Execution[33]
Ivan Orel-Orlenko Іван Орел-Орленко September 25, 1896 July 13, 1937 Painter Execution[34]
Volodymyr Yaroshenko Володимир Ярошенко May 23, 1898 July 13, 1937 Poet, fabulist, prose writer, dramatist, literary critic, screenwriter Execution[35]
Vasyl Sedlyar Василь Седляр April 12, 1899 July 13, 1937 Artist, teacher, art critic Execution[36]
Vasyl Chechvansky Василь Чечванський March 11, 1888 July 15, 1937 Humorist Execution[37]
Oleksiy Savytsky Олексій Савицький March 2, 1896 July 15, 1937 Writer, poet and dramatist Execution[38]
Ivan Kalyannyk Іван Калянник March 12, 1911 July 15, 1937 Writer, poet and translator Execution[39]
Vyatcheslav Potapenko В'ячеслав Потапенко January 2, 1864 August 8, 1937 Writer and actor Execution[40]
Oleksiy Arnautoff Олексій Арнаутов January 12, 1907 September 3, 1937 Composer Execution[41]
Mykola Bulatovych Микола Булатович February 14, 1909 September 3, 1937 Poet Execution[42]
Fawst Lopatynsky Фавст Лопатинський May 29, 1899 September 3, 1937 Director, screenwriter, actor Execution[43]
Vasyl Mykoliuk Василь Миколюк March 8, 1904 September 24, 1937 Writer Execution[44]
Liuziana Piontek Люзіана Піонтек July 1, 1899 September 25, 1937 Writer and poet Execution[45]
Petro Svashchenko (Petro Lisovy) Петро Свашенко (Петро Лісовий) June 22, 1891 September 27, 1937 Writer and journalist Execution[46]
Ivan Mykytenko Іван Микитенко September 6, 1897 October 4, 1937 Writer and dramatist Execution[47]
Ivan Kulyk Іван Кулик January 26, 1897 October 10, 1937 Writer, poet and translator Execution[48]
Leonid Obosnenko Леонід Обосненко April 12, 1884 October 19, 1937 Painter Execution[49]
Oleksandr Pevny Олександр Певний 1881 October 22, 1937 Actor and singer Execution[50]
Mykhailo Semenko Михайло Семенко December 31, 1892 October 23, 1937 Poet, founder of Ukrainian Futurism Execution[51]
Mykhailo Bykovets Михайло Биковець September 15, 1894 October 24, 1937 Writer, literary critic, educator and journalist Execution[52]
Mykola Skuba Микола Скуба December 19, 1907 October 24, 1937 Poet Execution[53]
Victor Hudym Віктор Гудим July 1, 1909 October 24, 1937 Writer and journalist Execution[54]
Andriy Mychailyuk Андрій Михайлюк December 19, 1911 October 24, 1937 Poet and translator Execution[55]
Dmytro Hrudyna Дмитро Грудина 1893 October 25, 1937 Theater critic, writer, actor Execution[56]
Anatoly Patyak Анатолій Патяк February 19, 1898 October 25, 1937 Writer and playwright Execution[57]
Ivan Yanovsky Іван Яновський September 23, 1898 October 26, 1937 Theater practitioner, director of the Kyiv Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre Execution[58]
Maik Yohansen Майк Йохансен October 28, 1895 October 27, 1937 Poet, adventure writer Execution[59]
Hryhorii Kovalenko Григорій Коваленко January 24, 1868 October 28, 1937 Writer, journalist, historian, ethnographer, painter Murdered in prison[60]
Kostiantyn Krzheminsky Костянтин Кржемінський May 11, 1893 October 28, 1937 Artist, architect, art historian, educator, restorer and researcher Execution[61]
Stepan Ben Степан Бен October 29, 1900 November 1, 1937 Poet Execution[62]
Yakiv Savchenko Яків Савченко April 2, 1890 November 2, 1937 Poet, literary critic and essayist Execution[63]
Oleksiy Rublevsky Олексій Рубльовський 1904 November 2, 1937 Writer Execution[64]
Mykhailo Lozynsky Михайло Лозинський June 30, 1880 November 3, 1937 Writer, translator, biographer, literary and theatre critic Execution[65]
Mychailo Kozoris Михайло Козоріс March 2, 1882 November 3, 1937 Writer, poet, fabulist and publicist Execution[66]
Les Kurbas Лесь Курбас February 25, 1887 November 3, 1937 Director, actor, founder of the Ukrainian national modern theatre Execution[67]
Mychailo Kachaniuk Михайло Качанюк 1889 November 3, 1937 Writer Execution[68]
Mykola Zerov Микола Зеров April 26, 1890 November 3, 1937 Literary critic, translator of ancient poetry Execution[69]
Oleksa Slisarenko Олекса Слісаренко March 28, 1891 November 3, 1937 Poet and writer Execution[70]
Pavlo Fylypovych Павло Филипович September 1, 1891 November 3, 1937 Writer, literary critic and translator Execution[71]
Klym Polishchuk Клим Поліщук November 25, 1891 November 3, 1937 Writer and publicist Execution[72]
Borys Pylypenko Борис Пилипенко July 16, 1892 November 3, 1937 Painter Execution[73]
Dmytro Rovynsky Дмитро Ровинський November 8, 1892 November 3, 1937 Actor, theatre director Execution[74]
Mykola Kulish Микола Куліш December 18, 1892 November 3, 1937 Writer, director, playwright Execution[75]
Volodymyr Shtanhei Володимир Штанхей 1895 November 3, 1937 Writer Execution[76]
Mychailo Yalovy Михайло Яловий June 5, 1895 November 3, 1937 Poet, short story writer and playwright Execution[77]
Myroslav Irchan Мирослав Ірчан July 14, 1897 November 3, 1937 Poet, prose writer, playwright, translator, literary critic, journalist, historian, publisher Execution[78]
Valerian Polishchuk Валерій Поліщук October 1, 1897 November 3, 1937 Writer, literary critic, literary theorist, publicist Execution[79]
Andrii Paniv Андрій Панів September 30, 1899 November 3, 1937 Poet, journalist, translator Execution[80]
Hryhorii Epik Григорій Епік January 17, 1901 November 3, 1937 Journalist, translator, writer Execution[81]
Valerian Pidmohylny Валерій Підмогильний February 2, 1901 November 3, 1937 Writer, translator Execution[82]
Marko Vorony Марко Вороний March 18, 1904 November 3, 1937 Poet, translator Execution[83]
Ivan Borets Іван Борець 1900 November 11, 1937 Kobzar Execution[84]
Dmytro Buzko Дмитро Бузько 1891 November 14, 1937 Poet, writer Execution[85]
Vitalii Chyhyryn Віталій Чигирин May 11, 1908 November 15, 1937 Writer Execution[86]
Oleksandr Kosenko Олександр Косенко March 19, 1904 November 15, 1937 Poet, writer Execution[87]
Nykanor Onatsky Никанор Онацький January 9, 1874 November 23, 1937 Painter, poet, teacher, art critic, founder of the Sumy Art Museum Arrest and execution[88]
Ivan Kuchuhura-Kucherenko Іван Кучугура-Кучеренко July 7, 1878 November 24, 1937 Kobzar, activist Execution[89]
Kostiantyn Bohuslavsky Костянтин Богуславський May 21, 1895 November 24, 1937 Composer, singer, choirmaster Execution[90]
Mykola Ivasyuk Микола Івасюк March 28, 1865 November 25, 1937 Painter, graphic artist Execution[91]
Ivan Malovytschko Іван Маловичко November 7, 1909 November 26, 1937 Poet Execution
Vasyl Lypkivsky Василь Липківський March 19, 1880 November 27, 1937 Education activist, reformer, journalist, writer, and translator[92] Execution[93]
Victor Solohub Віктор Сологуб 1888 November 27, 1937 Bandurist Execution[94]
Myroslava Sopilka Мирослава Сопілка August 29, 1897 November 28, 1937 Poet and writer Execution[95]
Yakiv Strukhmanchuk Яків Струхманчук August 10, 1884 December 2, 1937 Graphic artist, caricaturist, and portraitist Execution[96]
Mykola Lyubchenko

(Kost Kotko)

 Микола Любченко (Кость Котко) February 26, 1896 December 8, 1937 Writer and journalist Execution[97]
Ivan Andrienko Іван Андрієнко 1897 December 8, 1937 Writer Execution
Vitaly Snizhny Віталій Сніжний May 7, 1898 December 8, 1937 Writer and poet Execution[98]
Vasyl Vrazhlyvy Василь Вражливий 1903 December 8, 1937 Writer Execution[99]
Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk Софія Налепинська-Бойчук July 30, 1884 December 11, 1937 Artist and graphic artist Execution[100]
Adam Babiy Адам Бабій December 19, 1897 December 11, 1937 Conductor and musicologist Execution[101]
Kyrylo Korshak Кирило Коршак May 12, 1897 December 22, 1937 Poet and archaeologist Execution[102]
Hryhoriy Kontsevych Григорій Концевич November 17, 1863 December 26, 1937 Choir director, composer, and ethnographer Execution[103]
Panteleimon Peda Пантелеймон Педа December 23, 1907 December 27, 1937 Poet and translator Execution[104]
Antin Dykyi Антін Дикий August 1, 1900 December 31, 1937 Writer Execution[105]
Denys Halushka Денис Галушка May 30, 1902 December 31, 1937 Writer Execution[106]
Oleksandr Horily Олександр Горілий September 14, 1863 after 1937 Composer, conductor Arrested by NKVD, fate unknown[107]
Heorhiy Krushevsky Георгій Крушевський April 19, 1863 1938 Painter Execution[108]
Ivan Krashanovsky Іван Крашановський 1884 1938 Painter Died in labor camp[109]
Vasyl Potapenko Василь Потапенко 1886 1938 Bandurist Detained by NKVD[110]
Yona Shevchenko Йона Шевченко April 26, 1887 1938 Theater critic, theater scholar, and actor of the Les Kurbas school Execution[111]
Serhiy Karhalsky Сергій Каргальський 1889 1938 Actor and director Execution[112]
Jury Shylko Юрій Шилко February 28, 1898 1938 Poet, journalist, and educator Execution[113]
Marko Kozhushny Марко Кожушний May 8, 1904 1938 Singer-songwriter and journalist Execution[114]
Mykola Sasym Микола Сасим 1910 1938 Film director Execution[115]
Maksym Korostash Максим Коросташ ? January 2, 1938 Musician, educator, composer, and collector of folk folklore Imprisoned[116]
Vasyl Bobynsky Василь Бобинський March 11, 1898 January 2, 1938 Writer, journalist, and translator Execution in the Gulag[117]
Dmytro Akhsharumov Дмитро Ахшарумов September 20, 1864 January 3, 1938 Violinist, composer, music educator, and conductor Died in prison[118]
Oleksii Khodymchuk Олексій Ходимчук March 17, 1896 January 4, 1938 Actor and director Execution[119]
Mykola Veresa Микола Вереса December 22, 1894 January 8, 1938 Bandurist Execution[120]
Mykola Filyansky Микола Філянський December 19, 1873 January 12, 1938 Poet, writer, and geologist Execution[121]
Onopry Turhan Онопрій Турган 1900 January 15, 1938 Poet and writer Execution[122]
Januariy Bortnyk Януарій Бортник May 3, 1897 January 16, 1938 Actor and director Execution[123]
Fedir Mazulenko Федір Мазуленко February 26, 1882 January 17, 1938 Architect Execution[124]
Mykola Chernyavsky Микола Чернявський January 3, 1868 January 19, 1938 Poet, teacher, and zemstvo activist Execution[125]
Maksym Lebid Максим Лебідь November 24, 1899 January 19, 1938 Writer Execution[126]
Volodymyr Hahenmeister Володимир Гагенмейстер June 30, 1887 January 20, 1938 Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher, art critic, and publisher Execution[127]
Stepan Shahaida Степан Шагайда January 9, 1896 January 20, 1938 Theater and film actor Execution[128]
Dmytro Tas Дмитро Тась January 28, 1901 February 28, 1938 Writer, poet, journalist, and translator Execution[129]
Hryhory Bahlyuk Григорій Баглюк January 5, 1905 March 1, 1938 Writer Execution[130]
Meletiy Kitchura Мелетій Кічура January 21, 1881 March 3, 1938 Lawyer, writer, literary critic, and translator Died in the Gulag[131]
Vasyl Vorusky Василь Воруський 1902 March 22, 1938 Writer Execution[132]
Nykyfor Chumak Никифор Чумак 1892 March 23, 1938 Bandurist and painter Execution[133]
Mykola Krutko Микола Крутько 1899 March 23, 1938 Bandurist Execution[134]
Dmytro Salata Дмитро Салата 1900 April 5, 1938 Bandurist Execution[135]
Vasyl Verkhovynets Василь Верховинець January 5, 1880 April 11, 1938 Composer, conductor, and choreographer; first theorist of Ukrainian folk dance Execution[136]
Fedir Doroshko Федір Дорошко 1882? April 21, 1938 Kobzar and bandurist Execution[137]
Heorhii Kopan Георгій Копан January 4, 1887 April 28, 1938 Bandurist Execution[138]
Mykola Kasperovych Микола Касперович 1885 May 7, 1938 Painter and restorer Execution[139]
Pylyp Kapelhorodsky Пилип Капельгородський November 26, 1882 May 19, 1938 Writer Execution[140]
Mykola Voronyi Микола Вороний December 6, 1871 June 7, 1938 Writer, translator, poet, director, actor, theater critic Execution[141]
Kost Slipko-Moskaltsiv Кость Сліпко-Москальців 1901 June 10, 1938 Painter and art historian Execution[142]
Serhii Zhyhalko Сергій Жигалко October 6, 1902 June 21, 1938 Writer Execution[143]
Borys Danylevskyi Борис Данилевський April 22, 1900 July 29, 1938 Bandurist Execution[144]
Oleksandr Sokolovsky Олександр Соколовський September 8, 1896 August 22, 1938 Writer Execution[145]
Borys Drobynsky Борис Дробинський 1904 September 2, 1938 Actor and director Execution[146]
Veronika Chernyakhivska Вероніка Черняхівська April 25, 1900 September 22, 1938 Poet and translator Execution[147]
Ivan Kyrylenko Іван Кириленко December 2, 1903 September 23, 1938 Writer Execution[148]
Viktor Kosenko Віктор Косенко November 23, 1896 October 3, 1938 Composer, teacher and pianist Works banned from sale and performance[149]
Hnat Khotkevych Гнат Хоткевич January 12, 1877 October 8, 1938 Bandurist, composer and musicologist Execution[150]
Vasyl Basok Василь Басок April 22, 1906 October 8, 1938 Poet, lyricist, translator, journalist Died in the Gulag[151]
Hordii Kotsiuba Гордій Коцюба January 14, 1892 December 17, 1938 Writer Execution[152]
Illia Shulha Ілля Шульга July 20, 1878 December 19, 1938 Painter Died in prison[153]
Dmytro Borsiak Дмитро Борсяк October 25, 1897 1939 Writer Died in the Gulag[154]
Mykhailo Drai-Khmara Михайло Драй-Хмара October 10, 1889 January 19, 1939 Poet Died in the Gulag[155]
Mykola Pevny Микола Певний January 23, 1885 1940 Actor and director Execution[156]
Yurii Nikitin Юрій Нікітін January 4, 1905 1940 Actor and director Died in the Gulag[157]
Vasyl Khmuryi Василь Хмурий February 8, 1896 January 27, 1940 Journalist, art historian and theatre critic Died in the Gulag[158]
Petro Shekeryk-Donykiv Петро Шекерик-Доників April 20, 1889 after 1940 Ethnographer, writer and politician Died in the Gulag[159]
Liudmyla Starytska-Cherniakhivska Людмила Старицька-Черняхівська August 29, 1868 1941 Writer, translator and critic Died during deportation[160]
Fedir Zlyden Федір Злидень August 5, 1899 1941 Writer and journalist Died in the Gulag[161]
Luka Konopa Лука Конопа 1896 June 29, 1941 Conductor, violinist Execution[162]
Mykhailo Dubovyk Михайло Дубовик December 29, 1900 July 7, 1941 Poet Execution[163]
Mykhailo Donets Михайло Донець January 22, 1883 September 10, 1941 Opera singer Execution[164]
Ostap Lutsky Остап Луцький November 8, 1883 October 8, 1941 Writer, publicist and literary critic Died in the Gulag[165]
Oleksandr Soroka Олександр Сорока December 19, 1901 October 12, 1941 Poet and translator Execution[166]
Volodymyr Svidzynsky Володимир Свідзінський October 8, 1885 October 18, 1941 Poet Execution[167]
Oksana Steshenko Оксана Стешенко January 24, 1875 1942 Children's writer and translator Died in the Gulag[168]
Oleksii Marenkov Олексій Маренков March 25, 1886 1942 Graphic artist Persecution[169]
Vasyl Oleshko Василь Олешко February 12, 1889 1942 Writer, poet and playwright Imprisoned by NKVD[170]
Ahatanhel Krymskyi Ахатангель Кримський January 15, 1871 January 25, 1942 Writer, orientalist Persecution, publication ban, died in exile[171]
Mykhailo Pronchenko Михайло Пронченко September 7, 1909 February 11, 1942 Poet Imprisonment in the Gulag[172]
Mykola Damilovsky Микола Даміловський December 31, 1880 March 21, 1942 Architect Imprisonment in Lukyanivska Prison and professional ban[173]
Dmytro Dyachenko Дмитро Дяченко June 14, 1887 May 21, 1942 Architect Died in the Gulag[174]
Mykhailo Mohyliansky Михайло Могилянський December 4, 1873 March 22, 1942 Poet, literary critic and publicist Exile[175]
Mykola Shpak Микола Шпак February 23, 1909 June 19, 1942 Writer, poet and translator Execution[176]
Yurii Budiak Юрій Будяк 1879 September 28, 1942 Writer Imprisonment in the Gulag[177]
Danylo Shcherbyna Данило Щербина 1891 1943 Bandurist Arrests and exile to Siberia[178]
Vyacheslav Rozvadovsky В'ячеслав Розвадовський September 12, 1875 January 18, 1943 Painter Arrest, died in prison[179]
Olena Shpota Олена Шпота May 25, 1899 February 3, 1943 Writer Arrest[180]
Oleksandr Ruban Олександр Рубан May 16, 1900 June 11, 1943 Graphic artist Arrest[181]
Volodymyr Kuzmych Володимир Кузьмич June 27, 1904 October 4, 1943 Writer Death in the Gulag[182]
Mykola Dukyn Микола Дикун December 21, 1905 October 10, 1943 Writer and translator Death in the Gulag[183]
Ivan Semyvolos Іван Семиволос October 28, 1909 December 17, 1943 Poet Death in the Gulag[184]
Dmytro Zahul Дмитро Загул August 28, 1890 1944 Poet Death in the Gulag[185]
Hordii Brasyuk Гордій Брасюк January 2, 1899 1944 Writer and screenwriter Imprisonment and labor camp[186]
Vasyl Trusch-Koval Василь Труш-Коваль December 20, 1905 January 11, 1944 Poet Death in the Gulag[187]
Leonid Lupan Леонід Лупан October 25, 1915 January 16, 1944 Writer Death in the Gulag[188]
Dmytro Chepurny Дмитро Чепурний October 25, 1908 June 2, 1944 Poet and playwright 10 years imprisonment, death in prison[189]
Yurii Lypa Юрій Липа May 5, 1900 August 20, 1944 Writer, poet, journalist, physician Murdered by NKVD[190]
Nikolai Roslavets Микола Андрійович Рославець January 4, 1881 August 23, 1944 Composer, music theorist, publicist, pedagogue and violinist Professional ban[191]
Yakiv Yatsynevych Яків Яциневич November 8, 1869 April 25, 1945 Composer, conductor and ethnographer Ban on works and professional activity[192]
Ivan Fylypchak Іван Филипчак January 27, 1871 October 21, 1945 Writer Death in the Gulag[193]
Ivan Ivanets Іван Іванець January 9, 1893 March 10, 1946 Painter and graphic artist Death in the Gulag[194]
Havrylo Pustoviyt Гаврило Пустовіт July 26, 1900 March 20, 1947 Artist Imprisonment in the Gulag[195]
Sava Bozhko Сава Божко April 24, 1901 April 27, 1947 Writer Imprisonment in the Gulag[196]
Fedir Krychevsky Федір Кричевський May 22, 1879 July 30, 1947 Artist Imprisonment by SMERSH, exile[197]
Sofia Tereshchenko Софія Терещенко 1887 1948 Painter and ethnographer Nine years' imprisonment in a concentration camp[198]
Borys Kudryk Борис Кудрик June 10, 1897 March 28, 1952 Composer, musicologist, pedagogue, conductor, pianist-improviser, music critic Death in the Gulag[199]
Halyna Mnevska Галина Мневська November 16, 1895 March 21, 1955 Actress, writer and translator Five years' exile[200]
Ostap Vyshnya Остап Вишня November 13, 1889 September 28, 1956 Writer, humorist and satirist Imprisonment in the Gulag[201]
Maria Tobilevych-Kresan Марія Тобілевич-Кресан December 19, 1883 October 1, 1957 Writer, translator, theater producer and lecturer in foreign languages Exile to Siberia[202]
Les Homin Лесь Гомін March 30, 1900 January 16, 1958 Writer Imprisonment and exile[203]
Volodymyr Kabachok Володимир Кабачок July 15, 1892 June 15, 1958 Bandurist, singer, conductor and teacher Imprisonment in the Gulag[204]
Kesar Andriychuk Кесар Андрійчук March 22, 1907 August 7, 1958 Poet 10 years' imprisonment in the Gulag[205]
Pavlo Senytsya Павло Сениця September 23, 1879 July 3, 1960 Composer Ban on the performance and publication of his works[206]
Valentyn Kostenko Валентин Костенко July 28, 1895 July 14, 1960 Composer Imprisonment in the Gulag[207]
Teodos Osmachka Теодосій Осмачка July 15, 1895 September 7, 1962 Poet and writer Imprisonment and persecution[208]
Vasyl Barvinsky Василь Барвінський February 20, 1888 June 9, 1963 Composer, pianist, music critic and conductor Imprisonment in the Gulag[209]
Vasyl Symonenko Василь Симоненко January 8, 1935 December 13, 1963 Poet and writer Serious bodily injury[210]
Boris Porai-Koshits Борис Порай-Кошиць 1886 1964 Painter Arrest and forced labor[211]
Ivan Severyn Іван Северин September 23, 1887 February 20, 1964 Painter Imprisonment and exile[212]
ohne Zinaida Rybchynska Синайїда Рибчинська February 16, 1885 April 8, 1964 Actress and opera singer Repressed in 1937, no performances afterward[213]
Maksym Rylsky Максим Рильський March 19, 1895 July 24, 1964 Poet, translator and writer Imprisonment by NKVD[214]
Zinaida Tulub Синайїда Тулуб November 28, 1890 September 26, 1964 Writer Imprisonment in the Gulag[215]
Yuri Shkrumelyak Юрій Шкрумеляк April 18, 1895 October 16, 1965 Writer and poet Imprisonment in the Gulag[216]
Konon Bezshchasny Конон Безщасний October 15, 1884 1967 Kobzar and bandurist 5 years' arrest[217]
Hryhori Vashchenko Григорій Ващенко April 23, 1878 May 2, 1967 Writer and pedagogue Removal of professorial title[218]
Ivan Khomenko Іван Хоменко September 29, 1919 August 16, 1968 Poet Imprisonment in the Gulag[219]
Olha Nesterenko Ольга Нестеренко 1890 1969 Opera singer 3 years' arrest[220]
Ganna Kasyanenko Ганна Касьяненко November 5, 1891 May 9, 1969 Translator Imprisonment in the Gulag[221]
Arkadi Dobrovolsky Аркадій Добровольський November 14, 1911 June 10, 1969 Writer, screenwriter and translator Imprisonment in the Gulag[222]
Yury Slipko Юрій Сліпко May 26, 1912 October 5, 1969 Poet Imprisonment in the Gulag[223]
Alla Horska Алла Горська September 18, 1929 November 28, 1970 Artist of the Sixtiers[224] Murder[225]
Pavlo Kononenko Павло Кононенко July 11, 1900 March 14, 1971 Writer and poet Imprisonment in the Gulag[226]
Omelian Masliak Омелян Масляк January 19, 1893 June 19, 1972 Graphic artist and library scientist Imprisonment in the Gulag[227]
Hryhori Hryhoryev Григорій Григор’єв September 18, 1929 November 13, 1972 Writer and screenwriter Imprisonment in the Gulag[228]
Vasyl Haidarivsky Василь Гайдарівський January 14, 1906 November 13, 1972 Writer Exile[229]
Dmytro Hordienko Дмитро Гордієнко December 8, 1901 January 1, 1974 Writer Imprisonment in the Gulag[230]
Mykyta Hodovanets Микита Годованець September 26, 1893 July 27, 1974 Fabulist Exile[231]
Ivan Vyrhan Іван Вирган June 1, 1908 January 12, 1975 Poet and translator Imprisonment in the Gulag[232]
Kostyantyn Kozlovsky Костянтин Козловський June 3, 1906 March 7, 1975 Graphic artist Imprisonment in the Gulag[233]
Ivan Bahmut Іван Багмут June 7, 1903 August 20, 1975 Writer 6 years' imprisonment in the Gulag[234]
Hryhori Maifet Григорій Майфет August 1, 1903 September 13, 1975 Writer, literary scholar and translator, Labor camp[235]
Taisia Shutenko Тайісія Шутенко October 5, 1905 September 15, 1975 Composer Imprisonment in a labor camp[236]
Vasylisk Hniedov Василіск Гнєдов March 6, 1890 November 5, 1978 Poet Imprisonment in the Gulag[237]
Volodymyr Ivasiuk Володимир Івасюк March 4, 1949 May 18, 1979 Composer, singer, poet Murdered by KGB[238]
Serhii Kukuruza Сергій Кукуруза February 3, 1906 September 6, 1979 Painter Imprisonment in the Gulag[239]
Hryhir Tiutiunnyk Григір Тютюнник December 5, 1931 March 6, 1980 Writer, a representative of the Sixtiers Ban on name and censorship of works[240]
Andrii Patrus-Karpatsky Андрій Патрус-Карпатський March 29, 1917 April 19, 1980 Poet Imprisonment in the Gulag[241]
Kyrylo Hvozdyk Кирило Гвоздик July 22, 1895 July 20, 1981 Painter of monumental art Twice imprisoned in the Gulag[242]
Vasyl Mysyk Василь Мисик July 24, 1907 March 3, 1983 Poet and translator Imprisonment in the Gulag[243]
Rodion Skaletsky Родіон Скалецький November 23, 1899 March 22, 1984 Composer and conductor Arrest and exile
Oleksandr Korzh Олександр Корж March 29, 1903 April 8, 1984 Writer, poet and painter Imprisonment in the Gulag[244]
Borys Antonenko-Davydovych Борис Антоненко-Давидович August 4, 1899 May 8, 1984 Writer, translator and linguist Ten years' imprisonment in the Gulag[245]
Maria Kotliarevska Марія Котляревська February 8, 1902 June 18, 1984 Artist, graphic artist Six years in the Gulag[246]
Valeria Dzhulai Валерія Джулай March 19, 1915 July 30, 1984 Poet Imprisonment in the Gulag[247]
Jakiv Tyshchenko Яків Тищенко October 22, 1901 September 4, 1984 Writer and painter Imprisonment in the Gulag[248]
Yuri Lytvyn Юрій Литвин November 26, 1934 September 5, 1984 Poet, writer, journalist and human rights activist Imprisonment and death in the Gulag[249]
Mykola Khrustalenko Микола Хрусталенко September 22, 1906 November 12, 1984 Painter Imprisonment in a labor camp[250]
Heorhi Petrash Георгій Петраш November 16, 1901 February 9, 1985 Painter and local historian 10 years in Solovki special camp[251]
Nadia Surovtsova Надія Суровцова March 17, 1896 April 13, 1985 Writer, journalist, historian, philosopher and translator 29 years in prisons, Gulags and exile[252]
Oleksandr Kovinka Олександр Ковінка January 13, 1900 July 25, 1985 Writer and humorist Imprisonment in the Gulag[253]
Vasyl Stus Василь Стус January 6, 1938 September 4, 1985 Poet and publicist Death in the Gulag[254]
Onufriy Biziukov Онуфрій Бізюков June 24, 1897 March 15, 1986 Painter Three years in a labor camp[255]
rahmenlos Valeri Poliovy Валерій Польовий June 3, 1927 May 2, 1986 Composer Imprisonment and exile[256]
Jakiv Maistrenko Яків Майстренко October 12, 1903 April 4, 1987 Writer and translator Imprisonment in the Gulag[257]
Petro Sakhro Петро Сахро July 10, 1918 July 26, 1987 Painter 10 years' deprivation of liberty[258]
Petro Obal Петро Обаль April 19, 1900 May 26, 1987 Painter Imprisonment in Karaganda[259]
Volodymyr Flys Володимир Флис March 23, 1924 August 7, 1987 Composer, musicologist and university lecturer Imprisonment in the Gulag[260]
Petro Kolesnyk Петро Колесник January 28, 1905 August 9, 1987 Writer 10 years in the Gulag[261]
Joseph Karakis Йосиф Юлійович Каракіс May 29, 1902 February 23, 1988 Architect, urban planner, artist and pedagogue, representative of Ukrainian Constructivism Persecution and dismissal[262]
Fedir Malytsky Федір Малицький March 1, 1900 July 21, 1988 Writer and poet Imprisonment in the Gulag[263]
Mykola Lukash Микола Лукаш December 19, 1919 August 29, 1988 Translator and linguist Professional ban[264]
Olha Duchyminska Ольга Дучимінська June 8, 1883 September 24, 1988 Writer, literary critic, translator and journalist 10 years' imprisonment in the Gulag[265]
Yosyp Hirniak Йосип Гірняк April 14, 1895 January 17, 1989 Actor and theater director Imprisonment in the Gulag[266]
Hryhori Bazhul Григорій Бажул January 22, 1906 October 17, 1989 Bandurist Two years of imprisonment and exile[267]
Olimpia Dobrovolska Олімпія Добровольська August 12, 1895 February 2, 1990 Actress Imprisonment in the Gulag[268]
Sergei Paradjanov Сергій Параджанов January 9, 1924 July 21, 1990 Film director Five years in a labor camp[269]
Valentyna Mahmedova Валентина Махмедова January 21, 1918 June 19, 1991 Theater artist, graphic artist Imprisonment in a labor camp and exile[270]
Serhi Lvov Сергій Львов August 18, 1930 August 11, 1991 Painter 7 years' exile[271]
Yaroslav Lesiv Ярослав Лесів January 3, 1945 October 10, 1991 Poet and priest 13 years' imprisonment in the Gulag[272]
Halyna Makovska Галина Маковська March 6, 1915 September 2, 1992 Theater artist, graphic artist 8 years' imprisonment[273]
Ivan Svitlychnyi Іван Світличний September 20, 1929 October 25, 1992 Literary critic, poet, translator, human rights activist and dissident, representative of the Sixtiers Seven years in a labor camp and five years in exile[274]
Maria Kapnist Марія Капніст April 4, 1914 October 25, 1993 Film actress 15 years' imprisonment in the Gulag[275]
Yevhen Cherednychenko Євген Чердниченко January 30, 1914 January 11, 1994 Poet, athlete and pedagogue Imprisonment in the Gulag[276]
Mychailo Osadchy Михайло Осадчий March 22, 1936 July 5, 1994 Writer and journalist Two arrests and high-security camps[277]
Hryhori Kochur Григорій Кочур November 17, 1908 December 15, 1994 Poet, translator and literary scholar 10 years' imprisonment in the Gulag[278]
Taras Melnychuk Тарас Мельничук August 20, 1938 March 29, 1995 Poet Imprisonment in the Gulag[279]
Zhinet Maksymovych Жінет Максимович January 18, 1929 May 29, 1995 Writer and translator Imprisonment in the Gulag[280]
Mechyslav Hasko Мечислав Гасько January 27, 1907 November 5, 1996 Writer Imprisonment in the Gulag[281]
Kuzma Hryb Кузьма Гриб October 30, 1910 March 21, 1997 Writer Imprisonment in the Gulag[282]
Ivan Kolyaska Іван Коляска October 5, 1915 October 20, 1997 Writer, publicist and translator Arrest and expulsion from the Soviet Union[283]
Viktor Rafalsky Віктор Рафальський 1918 November 27, 1997 Poet and writer Punitive psychiatry[284]
Danylo Narbut Данило Нарбут January 22, 1916 March 2, 1998 Painter Two years' imprisonment with further exile and a ban on living in Ukraine[285]
Paraska Plytka-Horytsvit Параска Плитка-Горицвіт March 1, 1927 April 16, 1998 Painter, photographer, writer and ethnographer Imprisonment and exile[286]
Maria Kreminyarivska Марія Кремін'ярівська October 20, 1902 January 3, 1999 Writer Exile[287]
Vassyl Turetsky Василь Турецький March 5, 1923 January 7, 2000 Sculptor, painter, graphic artist and theater artist. Imprisonment in the Gulag[288]
Nestor Kysilevsky Нестор Кисiлевський September 20, 1909 April 14, 2000 Sculptor Imprisonment in the Gulag[289]
Anatoli Lupynis Анатолій Лупиніс July 21, 1937 February 5, 2000 Poet, human rights activist Imprisonment in labor camps and psychiatric institutions[290]
Mykola Sarma-Sokolovsky Микола Сарма-Соколовський May 19, 1910 August 9, 2001 Bandurist, poet and painter Imprisonment in the Gulag[291]
Heorhij Mahmedov Георгій Махмедов May 6, 1921 February 3, 2001 Painter Five years in a labor camp[292]
Halyna Hordasevych Галина Гордасевич March 31, 1935 March 11, 2001 Poet Imprisonment in labor camps[293]
Mykola Samiilenko Микола Саміленко November 11, 1917 May 11, 2001 Poet Imprisonment in the Gulag[294]
Mychailo Masyutko Михайло Масютко November 18, 1918 November 18, 2001 Poet, human rights activist Imprisonment in the Gulag[295]
Mykola Skelya-Studetsky Микола Скеля-Студецький May 22, 1921 January 19, 2002 Poet Imprisonment in the Gulag[296]
Oleh Hasyuk Олег Гасюк January 10, 1922 October 10, 2002 Bandurist Imprisonment in the Gulag[297]
Oleksandr Dzygar Олександр Дзигар August 26, 1916 August 31, 2002 Violinist Imprisonment and exile[298]
Halyna Savytska Галина Савицька June 30, 1922 January 2, 2003 Poet, writer and journalist Imprisonment in the Gulag[299]
Oles Berdnyk Олесь Бердник November 27, 1927 March 18, 2003 Writer, science fiction author Imprisonment in the Gulag[300]
Petro Linynskyj Петро Лінинський October 1, 1920 July 10, 2003 Wood sculptor, ceramic artist, collector Imprisonment in the Gulag[301]
Kateryna Mandryk-Kuybida Катерина Мандрик-Куйбіда May 26, 1927 March 14, 2004 Poet Imprisonment in the Gulag[302]
Mykola Rudenko Микола Руденко December 19, 1920 April 1, 2004 Writer, poet, philosopher Seven years' imprisonment in a camp and five years in exile[303]
Mykola Getman Микола Гетьман December 23, 1917 August 29, 2004 Painter Imprisonment in the Gulag[304]
Borys Pavlivsky Борис Павлівський September 21, 1906 November 8, 2004 Poet and journalist Imprisonment in the Gulag[305]
Ivan Hnatyuk Іван Гнатюк July 27, 1929 May 5, 2005 Poet and translator 12 years' imprisonment in the Gulag[306]
Oleksi Nyrko Олексій Нирко January 1, 1926 September 27, 2005 Kobzar, bandurist 5 years' imprisonment in the Gulag[307]
Mykola Kholodny Микола Холодний July 31, 1939 2006 Poet Imprisonment and expulsion from Kyiv[308]
Opanas Zalyvakha Опанас Заливаха November 26, 1925 April 24, 2007 Painter Five years' forced labor in a camp in Mordovia, ban on painting[309]
Stepan Mazura Степан Мазура December 24, 1922 September 12, 2008 Bandurist Imprisonment in the Gulag[310]
Iryna Senyk Ірина Сеник June 8, 1926 October 25, 2009 Poet, nurse and Soviet dissident 34 years' imprisonment in the Gulag[311]
Vasyl Barladyanu-Byrladnyk Василь Барладяну-Бирладник August 23, 1943 December 3, 2010 Poet, art historian, journalist. Six years in a labor camp[312]
Stepan Sapelyak Степан Сапеляк March 26, 1951 February 1, 2012 Writer, publicist, literary scholar, human rights defender Five years' deprivation of liberty and three years' exile[313]
Atena Pashko Атена Пашко October 10, 1931 March 20, 2012 Poet Publication ban, searches, imprisonment[314]
Yaroslava Menkush Ярослава Менкуш February 16, 1923 December 9, 2012 Designer, master of artistic embroidery Imprisonment in a labor camp[315]
Hryhory Baran Григорій Баран December 1, 1930 May 13, 2013 Poet and journalist Imprisonment in a labor camp[316]
Yevhen Sverstiuk Євген Сверстюк December 13, 1927 December 1, 2014 Philosopher, writer, literary critic, translator Seven years of forced labor in a labor camp[317]
Stefaniia Shabatura Стефанія Шабатура November 5, 1938 December 17, 2014 Carpet artist Labor camp in Mordovia and exile in Tajikistan[318]
Mychailo Ivanchenko Михайло Іванченко November 18, 1923 January 14, 2015 Writer, poet and painter Imprisonment in the Gulag[319]
Anatoli Shevchuk Анатолій Шевчук February 6, 1937 August 12, 2015 Writer, short story writer, master of psychological prose Five years' imprisonment in a labor camp[320]
Sofia Malylyo Софія Малильо December 3, 1926 October 19, 2015 Poet Imprisonment in the Gulag[321]
Svyatoslay Karavansky Святослав Караванський December 24, 1920 December 17, 2016 Poet, linguist, translator, journalist 31 years of imprisonment and forced labor[322]
Mykola Vasylenko Микола Василенко May 1, 1924 September 8, 2018 Poet and writer Imprisonment in the Gulag[323]
Borys Mirus Борис Мірус August 19, 1928 April 13, 2021 Actor 10 years in the Gulag[324]
Mykola Adamenko Микола Адаменко December 20, 1931 May 7, 2022 Poet Imprisonment in the Gulag[325]
Stepan Kolesnyk Степан Колесник February 12, 1932 April 21, 2024 Writer and journalist Persecution and professional ban[326]
Jaroslav Omelyan Ярослав Омелян January 1, 1929 August 21, 2025[327] Painter 9 years' exile in the Irkutsk region[328]
Oleksi Stepovy Олексій Степовий March 19, 1927 Painter Imprisonment in the Gulag[329]
Oleksa Riznykiv (Riznychenko) Олекса Різників March 19, 1937 Writer Imprisonment in the Gulag[330]
Mykola Horbal Микола Горбаль September 10, 1940 Poet, politician and human rights activist Imprisonment and exile[331]

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