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Mykhailo Spyrydonovych Melnyk
Mykhailo Spyrydonovych Melnyk
Михайло Спиридонович Мельник
Born	March 14, 1944; Ordyntsi, Pohrebyshche Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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")

[1] "Melnyk, Mykhailo Spiridonovych". Virtual museum of dissident movement in Ukraine.

[2] Указ Президента України №937/2006 zakon5.rada.gov.ua (in Ukrainian) (tr. "Decree of the President of Ukraine 37937/2006")

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Born	(1944-03-14)March 14, 1944 Ordyntsi, Pohrebyshche Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	March 10, 1979(1979-03-10) (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