What is Boris Oleynik?
[[File:Borys Oliynyk.jpg|thumb|Borys Oliynyk]] '''Boris Oleynik''' ({{lang-uk|Олійник Борис Ілліч}}; 22 October 1935 – 30 April 2017) was a Ukrainian poet, translator, and politician. He served on the [[Verkhovna Rada]] from 1992 to 2006. He was also a member of the [[National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine]]. He was a [[communist]]. He taught cultural and diplomatic studies at the [[Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv]]. Oleynik died on 30 April 2017 of [[heart failure]] in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]], aged 81.<ref>{{cite news|title=Пішов з життя видатний український поет Борис Олійник|url=https://www.slovoidilo.ua/2017/04/30/novyna/suspilstvo/pishov-zhyttya-vydatnyj-ukrayinskyj-poet-borys-olijnyk|access-date=30 April 2017|publisher=slovoidilo.ua|date=30 April 2017|language=uk}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons category-inline|Borys Oliynyk}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Oleynik, Boris}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Members of the Verkhovna Rada]] [[Category:Ukrainian writers]] [[Category:Ukrainian academics]] [[Category:Ukrainian diplomats]] [[Category:Ukrainian poets]] [[Category:European translators]] {{bio-stub}}