Memorial Fund of Oleksa Tykhyi
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UnclaimedA Ukrainian non-profit memorial and human-rights heritage organization founded in Druzhkivka in 1997 to preserve the legacy of Soviet-era dissident Oleksa Tykhyi.
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Overview
The Memorial Fund of Oleksa Tykhyi (Благодійний фонд пам'яті Олекси Тихого) is a Ukrainian public organization based in Druzhkivka, Donetsk Oblast. It was founded on 13 March 1997 through the joint efforts of the PrymaPres publishing house, the ASKO Donbas-Pivnichnyi insurance company, the Druzhkivka branch of Prosvita, and several private individuals. The fund is headed by Serhiy Bazanov, director of the PrymaPres publishing house. The organization's stated tasks are national-patriotic education of young people through the study and popularization of Oleksa Tykhyi's works, his concept of reviving national culture in the Donetsk region, and his human-rights activity, as well as the construction of a monument to Oleksa Tykhyi in Druzhkivka. It also maintains a website, launched on 9 June 1999, which hosts full texts of memoirs about Tykhyi, including Levko Lukyanenko's recollections and Volodymyr Tykhyi's "A Word About My Father." The fund organizes competitions, notably for journalists writing on the human-rights movement in Ukraine. Its nominees have included Vakhtang Kipiani, Yaroslav Tynchenko, and Andriy Kudin. In 1999, the fund's prize and diploma for the best periodical publication about the Ukrainian human-rights movement in the USSR went to Donetsk writer Ivan Kostyria for the article "Donbas — the Cradle of Human-Rights Activists and Patriots of Ukraine." The fund also runs a literary prize named after Oleksa Tykhyi and has been the subject of coverage in the journal "Slovo i Chas."
History
The Memorial Fund of Oleksa Tykhyi was established on 13 March 1997 in Druzhkivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It was created through the joint efforts of the PrymaPres publishing house, the ASKO Donbas-Pivnichnyi insurance company, the Druzhkivka Prosvita organization, and several private individuals. The fund was headed by Serhiy Bazanov, director of the PrymaPres publishing house. On 9 June 1999, the fund's website appeared on the Internet. Among other materials, the site published the full texts of Levko Lukyanenko's memoirs about Oleksa Tykhyi and Volodymyr Tykhyi's memoirs, "A Word About My Father." In 1999, the fund's prize and diploma for the best periodical publication about the Ukrainian human-rights movement in the USSR was awarded to Donetsk writer Ivan Kostyria for the article "Donbas — the Cradle of Human-Rights Activists and Patriots of Ukraine." The fund organizes competitions, in particular for journalists writing on the human-rights movement in Ukraine. Its nominees have included Vakhtang Kipiani, Yaroslav Tynchenko, and Andriy Kudin. On 27 January 2001, on the anniversary of Oleksa Tykhyi's birth, a meeting of the fund's board took place. On 3 February 2001, a new "Photo" section appeared on the website, publishing photographs of Oleksa Tykhyi. On 6 May 2001, the fund summarized the results of its second competition, held in 2000, for the best publication in newspapers and magazines (articles, interviews, memoirs, etc.) about the Ukrainian human-rights movement in the USSR. The competition's aim was to reflect the efforts of Ukrainian patriots, human-rights activists, and dissidents to protect the national, religious, and political rights of the Ukrainian people in the USSR. On 19 May 2001, an award ceremony for the competition laureates took place at the IREX ProMedia/Ukraine press center in Kyiv. On 9 November 2001, the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group was marked. On 27 January 2002, the 75th anniversary of Oleksa Tykhyi's birth was commemorated. In February 2002, the journal "Slovo i Chas" (No. 2(494)) published an article about the fund's activities, "The Literary Prize Named After Oleksa Tykhyi" (p. 95). On 18 April 2002, the 45th anniversary of Oleksa Tykhyi's first conviction (7 years in camps and 5 years of deprivation of rights for so-called "anti-Soviet activity") was noted. On 23 June 2002, the 25th anniversary of the start of the trial of human-rights activists Oleksa Tykhyi and Mykola Rudenko in Druzhkivka was marked. On 1 July 2002, the 25th anniversary of Tykhyi's second conviction (10 years of deprivation of liberty under especially strict regime and 5 years of exile for so-called "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda" and "illegal possession of weapons") was noted; the court declared Tykhyi an "especially dangerous recidivist." On 6 May 2004, the 20th anniversary of Oleksa Tykhyi's death in the prison hospital cell in Perm was commemorated. The fund continues to operate as a civic organization in Ukraine, maintaining its website and pursuing its stated goals of education, memorialization, and the construction of a monument to Oleksa Tykhyi in Druzhkivka.
- 2004
20th anniversary of Oleksa Tykhyi's death in Perm prison hospital commemorated.
- 2002
75th anniversary of Oleksa Tykhyi's birth commemorated.
- 2002
Journal "Slovo i Chas" published an article about the fund's activities and the Oleksa Tykhyi Literary Prize.
- 2002
45th anniversary of Oleksa Tykhyi's first conviction noted.
- 2002
25th anniversary of the start of the trial of Oleksa Tykhyi and Mykola Rudenko in Druzhkivka marked.
- 2002
25th anniversary of Oleksa Tykhyi's second conviction noted.
- 2001
Meeting of the fund's board on the anniversary of Oleksa Tykhyi's birth.
- 2001
New "Photo" section added to the website.
- 2001
Fund summarized results of its second competition (held in 2000) for best publication on the Ukrainian human-rights movement in the USSR.
- 2001
Award ceremony for competition laureates held at IREX ProMedia/Ukraine press center in Kyiv.
Products and positioning
A non-profit civic organization dedicated to preserving the memory and human-rights legacy of Oleksa Tykhyi and promoting national-patriotic education in the Donetsk region.
Oleksa Tykhyi Literary Prize
A literary prize named after Oleksa Tykhyi, administered by the fund.
Journalism competition on Ukraine's human-rights movement
Competition for journalists writing on the human-rights movement in Ukraine; nominees included Vakhtang Kipiani, Yaroslav Tynchenko, and Andriy Kudin.
olexa.org.ua online archive
Website launched in 1999 hosting memoirs, documents, photos, and chronology related to Oleksa Tykhyi and the Ukrainian human-rights movement.
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