Yaroslav Lesiv, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yaroslav Lesiv

Ukrainian dissident

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1945

Place of Birth: Luzhki, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 10-Oct-1991

Profession: poet, human rights activist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Yaroslav Vasylyovych Lesiv (Ukrainian: ??????´? ????´?????? ??´???, 3 January 1945, Luzhki, Dolyna Raion – 10 October 1991, Bolekhiv) was a Ukrainian poet, priest, and member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. Yaroslav Lesiv was born in the village of Luzhkiv, (Ukrainian ??????), in the Dolyna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Western Ukraine. In 1965, he joined the Ukrainian National Front, an underground organization working for Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union.
On March 29, 1965, his membership in this organization was discovered, and Lesiv was sentenced to 5 years in prison. He carried out a hunger strike.
On October 3, 1977, Lesiv joined the Ukrainian Helsinki Group.