Les Tanyuk
Les Tanyuk | |
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Лесь Танюк | |
Official portrait, 1990 | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 15 May 1990 – 23 November 2007 | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1938 Zhukyn, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 18 March 2016 (aged 77) |
| Party | People's Movement of Ukraine |
| Other political affiliations | Our Ukraine Bloc |
| Alma mater | National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kyiv |
Leonid Stepanovych Tanyuk (also spelled Taniuk; Ukrainian: Леонід Степанович Танюк; 7 August 1938 – 18 March 2016) was a Ukrainian theatre and film director, Soviet dissident and politician. A founder of the Artistic Youths' Club in Kyiv in the early 1960s, he served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 2007—representing Kyiv, Drohobych and Ukraine's 166th electoral district for the People's Movement of Ukraine before later being elected on the proportional list of the Our Ukraine Bloc.[1] He died on 18 March 2016.[2][3]
He was married to Nelli Korniyenko, a native of Khabarovsk and a Merited Worker of Arts of Ukraine.
Early life
Tanyuk was born in the village of Zhukyn (now Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast). His parents were language teachers. As a child he was imprisoned in several Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War and was reunited with his family after the war.[4][5] He later studied at the National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kyiv.
Dissident and cultural activities
In 1959 Tanyuk co-founded the Artistic Youths' Club (Клуб творчої молоді) in Kyiv, serving as its first president. The club promoted Ukrainian culture and petitioned authorities to preserve historical monuments. In 1962 Tanyuk, Vasyl Symonenko and Alla Horska investigated reports of mass graves in Bykivnia and appealed to the authorities for an official inquiry; the club was closed by 1964 amid increased pressure.[4][5]
Parliamentary career
At the 1990 Ukrainian parliamentary election Tanyuk was elected to the Verkhovna Rada for Kyiv’s Vatutinskyi District; he was re-elected for Drohobych in 1994 and for Ukraine's 166th electoral district (Ternopil Oblast) in 1998 as a member of the People's Movement of Ukraine. He later entered parliament on the proportional list of the Our Ukraine Bloc in 2002 (No. 12) and 2006 (No. 14).[1]
Death
Tanyuk died on 18 March 2016, aged 77.[6][3]
References
- ^ a b "Танюк Леонід (Лесь) Степанович" [Tanyuk, Leonid (Les) Stepanovych]. Officialdom of Ukraine Today (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ "National artist of Ukraine Les Taniuk dies". Interfax-Ukraine. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Умер выдающийся режиссер и политик Лесь Танюк" [Distinguished director and politician Les Tanyuk dies]. Segodnya (in Russian). 18 March 2016. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ a b Holdovanska, Olha (18 March 2024). "Вісім років тому відійшов у засвіти Лесь Танюк" [Eight years ago, Les Tanyuk passed away]. National Museum of the History of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ a b Yanovska, Liudmyla (9 July 2013). "Лесь ТАНЮК: «Мама розшукала нас у концтаборах за томиками Пушкіна»" [Les TANYUK: “Mother found us in the concentration camps with volumes of Pushkin”]. Cabinet Courier (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ "National artist of Ukraine Les Taniuk dies". Interfax-Ukraine. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
External links
- Les Tanyuk at IMDb