Atena Pashko

Atena-Sviatomyra Vasylivna Pashko
Атена-Святомира Василівна Пашко
Born10 October 1931
Bystrytsia, Drohobych district, Lwów Voivodeship, Poland
Died20 March 2012 (2012-03-21) (aged 80)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Resting placeBaikove Cemetery, Kyiv
Occupation
  • chemical engineer
  • poet
  • social activist
Alma materUkrainian National Forestry University
Notable awards
SpouseViacheslav Chornovil

Atena-Sviatomyra Vasylivna Pashko (Ukrainian: Атена-Святомира Василівна Пашко; 10 October 1931 – 20 March 2012)[1] was a Ukrainian chemical engineer, poet, and social activist in the Ukrainian rights movement. Her published poetry collections include, On the crossroads (На перехрестях), Volume 1, 1989;[2] On the tip of a candle (На вістрі свічки), 1991;[3] and The blade of my trail (Лезо моєї стежки), 2007.

Pashko was the Chair of the Union of Ukrainian Women (1991), and served as president of the Viacheslav Chornovil International Charitable Foundation (1999). Administratively repressed during the Soviet era, she was later a recipient of the Order of Princess Olga and the Order of Liberty.[4]

  1. ^ "Померла Атена Пашко — дружина В'ячеслава Чорновола" (in Ukrainian). Третє око. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Пашко А. На перехрестях. Том 1". diasporiana.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Diasporiana Електронна бібліотека. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Пашко А. На вістрі свічки". diasporiana.org.ua. Diasporiana Електронна бібліотека. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Померла Атена Пашко" (in Ukrainian). khpg.org. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

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