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Ivan Bokyi

1942 – 2020

Ukrainian journalist

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About Ivan Bokyi

Lived 1942 – 2020 (aged 78). Ivan Bokyi was a Russian and Ukrainian journalist and politician.

Infobox person name = Ivan Bokyi image = НДУ 5 Бокий Іван Сидорович.jpg native_name = Іван Бокий native_name_lang = uk birth_date = birth_place = Pronozіvka, Ukrainian SSR death_date = After graduating, he working as a literary worker at Socialistychna Hradizhchyna from 1960 to 1962, a department head and deputy editor at Zoria Komunizmu from 1962 to 1974, an editor of Komsomolets Poltavshchyny from 1974 to 1982, an editor of Molod Ukrayiny from 1982 to 1984, and as deputy editor-in-chief of Silski Visti from 1987 to 1998.

During the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he was elected a People's Deputy of Ukraine to the Verkhovna Rada on the party list of the Socialist Party – Peasant Party.

Bokyi died on 24 March 2020, aged 78.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Journalism
Positions held
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Awards
Merited Cultural Worker of the Ukrainian SSR; Medal "For Labour Valour"; Medal "Veteran of Labour"; Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class; Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv"
Also known as
Ivan Sydorovych Bokyi

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Ivan Bokyi's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Ivan Bokyi?

Ukrainian journalist (1942–2020)

When was Ivan Bokyi born?

Ivan Bokyi was born on 20 February 1942 in Hlobyne Raion.

When did Ivan Bokyi die?

Ivan Bokyi died on 24 March 2020 in Kyiv.

What was Ivan Bokyi's occupation?

Ivan Bokyi was a journalist and politician.

What nationality was Ivan Bokyi?

Ivan Bokyi was Russian and Ukrainian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ivan Bokyi

· Wikidata: Q4090549

· DBpedia: Ivan Bokyi

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