Ivano-Frankivsk - city of heroes

Volodymyr Nesterenko

Volodymyr Nesterenko
During 1962 - 1987, he worked as a director of the Ivano-Frankivsk musical drama theater and, for a short time, the director of the Transcarpathian theater in Uzhgorod.

Performances by Vladimir Mikhailovich have always been marked by a clear ideological position and an interesting artistic solution. During his years at the Ivano-Frankivsk theater, he staged over 70 plays. Among them are M. Starytsky's Wicked Fate, J. Strauss's "Flying Mouse", I. Tobilevich's "Unflagged", I. Franko's "For the Home", "Memory of the Heart" by O. Korniychuk, O. Gorlitsa. Kolomiyets, "Far windows" V. Sobka, "Troy" V. Larchenkova, "Country Aigyul" M. Karim, etc.

In particular, the prizes of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine and other high state awards were awarded for the production of the plays "Gorlitsa", "Terrible vengeance", "Far windows", "Krayina Aigyul", "Beztalanna" directed by Vladimir Nesterenko.

Established in 1968 in conjunction with the director of the Ivano-Frankivsk theater, People's Artist of the UkrSSR, Vitaliy Smolyak, and Vladimir M. Mikhailovich, headed by the acting studio at the theater, he trained a whole galaxy of actors who are proud of the Ukrainian theater and the Carpathian stage. Among our pupils are our current coryphaeus: People's Artist of Ukraine Oleksandr Shymansky, Honored Artists of Ukraine Zhanna Dobriak-Gotvyanskaya and Anna Babynska.

Kvitoslav Skulskaya

Kvitoslav Skulskaya

Kvitoslav Skulskaya forty years gave up the education of the younger generation and in parallel, for twenty years, was active in public-political activities. Eighteen years he headed the NGO "Women's Community" of the city - a branch of the International Organization, registered in UNESCO. The organization headed by her led an active cultural and educational and charitable work, took an active part in state, educational and religious holidays of the region.

Ms. Skulskaya headed election commissions or secretaries at all local, regional and parliamentary elections. As a member of the UNP and the NRU, he was nominated as a candidate for the deputy of the regional council, as well as a trustee of the Verkhovna Rada deputy V. Kostytsky, M. Kruse, a candidate for deputy of the Verkhovna Rada V. Kovalchuk, actively supported candidates for Boris Borovich, Z. Shkutyaka, V. Anushkevichusa. From the pen of Kvitoslav Sculsky, two collections came out: "The fates of the Ukrainian patriots," "The glorious people of our city" to the 350th anniversary of the city of Ivano-Frankivsk.

Gennadiy Burnashov

Gennadiy Burnashov

Writer, publicist. He is the author of about 50 books, among them "The Commander of the UPA", "Ukraine over all", "For the fight for freedom". "Knight of a great idea", "We are Ukrainians", "Conquered assassinations", "The commander of the UPA", "The crimes of Bolshevism", "For the state fought their own", "Knights of honor and rank", "Uncorrupted", "Sedentary service to the Almighty" and other. The 60th anniversary of the UPA saw the light of his fundamental book "Do not be Our Glory".

The winner of the all-Ukrainian competition devoted to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Stepan Bandera, the diploma winner of the All-Ukrainian competition named after Aleksey Girnyk.

Laureate of literary awards named after Ivan Franko, Marika Pidhiryanka, Mikhail Yatskiv.

Michael Holovaty

Michael Holovaty

M. Holovaty is the Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine (2007), regional winner I. Vagilevich (2001), V. Poljeka (2011) and city I. Franko (2013), Honored Worker of Tourism of Ukraine (2003), Honored Local History Student of Ukraine (2013) ), an honorary member of the regional "Enlightenment" (2012). He was awarded the Honorary Diploma of the President of Ukraine (2009), the Honorary Sign of the City Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk (2013). Member of the Board of the regional organization of the National Union of Local Lore, college of the regional organization of the Ukrainian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments, the Board of the city organization TUM "Prosvita" them. T. Shevchenko