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Mykhailo Spyrydonovych Melnyk | |
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Михайло Спиридонович Мельник | |
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| Born | March 14, 1944 |
| Died | March 10, 1979 (aged 34) Pohreby, Brovary Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Citizenship | Soviet |
| Education | Historian |
| Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, NASU Institute of History of Ukraine (graduate school) |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, poet, human rights activist |
| Organization | Ukrainian Helsinki Group |
| Known for | human rights activism with participation in the Ukrainian Helsinki Group |
| Movement | dissident movement in the Soviet Union |
| Awards |  Order For Courage |
Mykhailo Spyrydonovych Melnyk (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Спиридо́нович Ме́льник; 14 March 1944 – 10 March 1979) was a Ukrainian historian, poet, human rights activist, dissident and member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. He was an author of a book about the history of Ukraine, which was confiscated by the KGB.[1]
On November 8, 2006, he was posthumously awarded the Order For Courage 1st class by the order of President of Ukraine.[2] On December 25, 2015, a street in Brovary was named after him.
- ^ "Melnyk, Mykhailo Spiridonovych". Virtual museum of dissident movement in Ukraine.
- ^ Указ Президента України №937/2006 zakon5.rada.gov.ua (in Ukrainian) (tr. "Decree of the President of Ukraine 37937/2006")