Ivan Gel (Ukrainian: Іван Андрійович Гель, July 17, 1937, Klitsko (today Lviv Raion) – March 16, 2011)[1] was a Ukrainian politician and dissident. He was a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group and the Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party.
Ivan Gel | |
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Іван Гель | |
| Deputy Chairman of the Lviv Oblast Council | |
| In office 1990–1994 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 17, 1937 Klitsko, today Lviv oblast |
| Died | 16 March 2011 (aged 73) Lviv |
| Known for | human rights activism with participation in the Ukrainian Helsinki Group |
| Awards |  Member of the Order of Liberty |
This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (March 2024) |
Biography
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He graduated from a night school in Sambir and worked as a mechanic at the Lviv Forklift Plant.
From 1956 to 1959 he served in the army. After demobilization, he entered the department of the History Faculty of Lviv State University.
On August 24, 1965, he was arrested and sentenced to 3 years in a strict regime camp for "anti-Soviet propaganda".
On January 12, 1972, he was arrested for the second time and sentenced to 10 years in a special regime camp and 5 years in exile, recognized as a particularly dangerous recidivist. He served his sentence in Mordovia (Sosnovka) and in the Perm region (Kuchino).
He participated in hunger strikes in the camps, including a hunger strike demanding political prisoner status. Total duration of hunger strikes was over 300 days.
Ivan Gel returned to Ukraine on January 17, 1987, and created and headed the Committee for the Protection of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
He was a deputy and deputy chairman of the Lviv Oblast Council of the first democratic convocation (1990–1994). He headed the Lviv Regional Commission for the Restoration of the Rights of Rehabilitated Persons.
He died on March 16, 2011, in Lviv and was buried in the family grave at Lychakiv Cemetery.
Awards
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Member of the Order of Liberty (September 18, 2009).[2]- Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 4th class (August 18, 2006).[3]
- Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 5th class (January 21, 2002).[4]
References
edit- ^ "Ukrainian dissident Ivan Hel has died". risu.org.ua. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- ^ Указ Президента України №759/2009 від 18 вересня 2009 року «Про відзначення державними нагородами України»
- ^ Указ Президента України №694/2006 від 18 серпня 2006 року «Про відзначення державними нагородами України працівників підприємств, установ та організацій з нагоди Дня незалежності України»
- ^ Указ Президента України №57/2002 від 21 січня 2002 року «Про нагородження працівників підприємств, організацій та установ Львівської області»
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