Oleh Olzhych
Ukrainian poet, archaeologist and prehistorian
About Oleh Olzhych
Lived 1907 – 1944 (aged 36). Oleh Olzhych was a Russian poet, archaeologist, prehistorian, writer, translator and university teacher.
Oleh Oleksandrovych Kandyba (; 8 July 1907 – 10 June 1944), better known his pen name of Oleh Olzhych , was a Ukrainian poet and political activist. He was forced to emigrate from Ukraine in 1923 due to occupation by the Soviet Union and lived in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He graduated in 1929 from Charles University with a degree in archaeology. In 1929 he joined the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and became head of their cultural and educational branch.
After the split in the OUN in 1938, Olzhych remained loyal to the Andriy Melnyk faction and represented the OUN-M in Carpatho-Ukraine as Melnyk's deputy. Olzhych's poetry focused on themes of the Ukrainian struggle for independence. He moved to Kyiv in 1941 and was instrumental in the formation of the Ukrainian National Council.
The Ukrainian diaspora and OUN veterans in exile financed and erected in Lehighton, Pennsylvania in July 1977.
A monument to Olzhych was unveiled in Zhytomyr in 2017.
Oleh Olzhych was the son of the famous Ukrainian writer Oleksandr Oles.
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Who was Oleh Olzhych?
Ukrainian poet, archaeologist and prehistorian (1907-1944)
When was Oleh Olzhych born?
Oleh Olzhych was born on 8 July 1907 in Zhytomyr.
When did Oleh Olzhych die?
Oleh Olzhych died on 10 June 1944 in Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Sachsenhausen.
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Oleh Olzhych was a poet, archaeologist, prehistorian, writer, translator and university teacher.
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Oleh Olzhych was Russian.
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