# Oleksa Hirnyk

> Oleksa Mykolayovych Hirnyk was a Ukrainian nationalist and Soviet dissident, an engineer by profession, who burned himself to death as an act of protest against Soviet suppression of the Ukrainian language (russification), culture and history. The act was quickly covered up by the Soviet authorities and remained unknown to general populace for decades.

*Ukrainian dissident (1912–1978)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/oleksa-hirnyk

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Born:** 1912-03-28
- **Died:** 1978-01-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Oleksa Hirnyk](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksa_Hirnyk)
- [Oleksa Hirnyk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksa_Hirnyk)
- [Oleksa Hirnyk](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksa_Hirnyk)
- [Oleksa Hirnyk](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksa_Hirnyk)
- [Ołeksa Hirnyk](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%C5%82eksa_Hirnyk)
- [Гирнык, Алексей Николаевич](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BA%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Oleksa Hirnyk](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksa_Hirnyk)
- [Гірник Олекса Миколайович](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2497414)

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