Dissident Oles Shevchenko

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2017.

The documentary film "Oles Shevchenko. As in Confession" from the series "Dissidents" is dedicated to the life path of dissident Oles Shevchenko and his contribution to the struggle for the independence of Ukraine.

On the video: Soviet chronicles with Joseph Stalin; photos from the personal archive of the Shevchenko family; interview with dissident Oles Shevchenko.

Comments: Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, researcher of the Ukrainian liberation movement Vasyl Derevinsky; participant of the Ukrainian national liberation movement, historian Oleksandr Tkachuk; human rights activist, political prisoner 1980–1987, head of the Kyiv organization of the Ukrainian Civil Society in 1988–1990 Oles Shevchenko.

Reference: Oles Shevchenko is a Ukrainian dissident and political figure, a participant in the national liberation movement, a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. In 1980, he was sentenced to 5 years in camps and 3 years in exile for "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda", released in 1987. After his release, he headed the Kyiv organization of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union, became one of the public leaders of democratic rallies and actions of the late 1980s. People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 1st convocation, member of the "People's Rada" faction, co-author of the Declaration on the State Sovereignty of Ukraine, was a member of the leadership of the URP, NRU and UNP, headed veterans' and human rights associations.