Olha Vasylivna Bura (Ukrainian: Ольга Василівна Бура; 22 July 1986 – 10 March 2014) was a Ukrainian activist who took part in the Euromaidan protests in Kyiv from late 2013 to early 2014. Born to a poor family in Busk Raion, she did not have a permanent place to work due to illness, doing various jobs in the family home, working briefly at a local bakery as well as doing childcare. Busk died after contracting a blood infection from her hand being injured by members of the Berkut some days before consulting doctors. She was posthumously conferred the title of Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Gold Star, a memorial plaque was installed on the primary school in Ripniv she attended was attended and a sign in the Alley of Memory of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred of Lviv Region in Khodoriv was named for her.
Olha Bura | |
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Ольга Бура | |
| Born | Olha Vasylivna Bura 22 July 1986 |
| Died | 10 March 2014 (aged 27) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Occupation | Activist |
| Years active | 2002–2014 |
| Awards | Hero of Ukraine |
Biography
editOn 22 July 1986, Bura was born in the village of Ripniv, Busk Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR.[1][2] She was from a poor family,[3] and was brought up in the village of Zhuratin.[1][4] Bura had three siblings and was the daughter of Nadezhda. From her youth, she was unwell due to a weak kidney and was classified in the third group of disabilities.[5] Bura was educated at Ripniv school from 1993 and then attended Novomylyatyn Secondary School of grades I-III until 2002.[3]
Upon leaving secondary school,[3] she was not required to go and find employment due to her being placed in the third group of disabilities.[5] Bura helped out with jobs at home and briefly worked at a local bakery.[3] She helped the local community to dig potatoes, collect beets and herding cows.[1] Bura also worked as a nanny doing childcare.[5] She did not acquire a permanent job during her lifetime.[2] Bura was married twice (her first husband predeceased her) and did not have any children from both marriages.[6]
She began taking part in the Euromaidan protests at Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv from 24 November 2013. Bura and her husband spent the following three months and helped the Sea Hundred" Maidan protesters starting from 1 December 2013, guarding and constructing barricades and also working in the kitchen and warehouse.[1][3] She died in a hospital in Kyiv on 10 March 2014 after contracting a blood infection from her hand being injured by members of the Berkut some days before consulting doctors.[1][7] On the morning of 13 March, Bura received a funeral service in Ripniv,[6] and she was buried in the village on the same day.[7]
Awards
editPresident Petro Poroshenko conferred Bura the title of Hero of Ukraine posthumously "For civic courage, patriotism, heroic defense of the constitutional foundations of democracy, human rights and freedoms, selfless service to the Ukrainian people, demonstrated during the Revolution of Dignity" in November 2014.[8] In June 2015, she was posthumously awarded the Medal "For sacrifice and love of Ukraine" by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate.[7] A memorial plaque dedicated to her on facade of Ripniv Elementary School was unveiled in April 2016.[3] The following month, Bura posthumously received the Certificate of the Supreme Archbishop of Kyiv-Halytskyi Svyatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.[3][4] Her name and portrait are engraved on the engraved on both the Kyiv and Lviv memorials of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred and a sign in the Alley of Memory of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred of Lviv Region in Khodoriv was named for her. Bura was also named an honorary citizen of Busk Raion.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Бура Ольга Василівна (22.07.1986 – 10.03.2014)" [Bura Olga Vasylivna (22.07.1986 – 10.03.2014)] (in Ukrainian). Heroes of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Бура Ольга Василівна" [Bura Olga Vasylivna] (in Ukrainian). Heavenly Hundred. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Romanov, K. V. (9 June 2022). "Бура, Ольга Василівна" [Bura, Olga Vasylivna]. Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Бура Ольга Василівна" [Bura Olga Vasylivna] (in Ukrainian). Heavenly Hundred: Heroes don't die... Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b c "Ольга Бура" [Olga Bura] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainska Pravda. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Сьогодні на Львівщині прощатимуться з активісткою Майдану Ольгою Бурою" [Today in Lviv Oblast, they will say goodbye to Maidan activist Olga Bura] (in Ukrainian). Zik. 13 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b c "У день Гідності та Свободи бущани переглянули фільм-спогад про Героя Небесної Сотні Ольгу Буру" [On the Day of Dignity and Freedom, residents of Bušchan watched a film-memoir about the Hero of the Heavenly Hundred Olga Bura] (in Ukrainian). Buske Radio. 2018. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Указ Президента України № 890/2014 Про Присвоєння Звання Герой України" [Decree of the President of Ukraine № 890/2014 About Conferring the Title of Hero of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). President of Ukraine. 21 November 2014. Archived from the original on 21 November 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2022.