Halyna Hrytskiv

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Halyna Hrytskiv
Галина Грицьків
Born
Halyna Demianivna Hrytskiv

(1937-03-14)14 March 1937
Died17 November 2016(2016-11-17) (aged 79)
Nationality Lemkos [1]
Alma mater Stanyslav Pedagogical Institute

Halyna Demianivna Hrytskiv (Ukrainian : Галина Дем'янівна Грицьків, 14 March 1937, Węglówka, Podkarpackie Voivodeship — 17 November 2016, Chortkiv, Ternopil Oblast [2] ) was a Ukrainian public and cultural figure, poet, publicist, and Easter egg maker. Honorary citizen of Chortkiv (2015).

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Biography

In 1945, she was deported from Lemkivshchyna to Yahilnytsia, Chortkiv Raion. [2]

She studied at the Yahilnytsia School (1954). She graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of the Stanyslaviv Pedagogical Institute (1959). She worked as a teacher of socio-economic disciplines at the Chortkiv Medical School (1959—2011). [2]

Public activity

In Chortkiv, she was an active member of the public political organization People's Movement of Ukraine, deputy chairman of the Prosvita and Lemkivshchyna societies. [2] [3]

She took an active part in the revival of the public life of the city and the UGCC during the period of Ukraine's independence. She was a freelance correspondent for the regional newspaper Holos Narodu. [2]

She was a member of the Chortkiv City Council and head of the social and cultural commission. [2]

Personal life

Her husband is a Ukrainian orthopedic traumatologist, public figure, and publicist Stefan Hrytskiv (1935—2022). [1] They have one son, Bohdan. [4]

Creative work

She wrote poems that were published in Raion and Oblast newspapers. [2]

Her pysankas were exhibited at exhibitions in Chortkiv, Buchach, Ternopil, and Lviv (since 1992). She held her own master classes in Easter egg making. [2]

Awards and honors

Honoring the memory

On 20 November 2017, a memorial plaque to Halyna Hrytskiv was unveiled in Chortkiv. The plaque was installed on the facade of the house at 84 Taras Shevchenko Street, where she lived. [7] [8]

In 2019, a Chortkiv children's Easter egg painting competition was named after her. [9]

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