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"One Hundred Questions to...": Vyacheslav Chornovil

"One Hundred Questions to...": Vyacheslav Chornovil

1991, 38 min

Lviv Television. The February 20, 1991 issue of the program "One Hundred Questions to..." is dedicated to an interview with Vyacheslav Chornovil.

On the video: a conversation about the profession of a politician and the threat from amateurs in this field; about the challenges and difficulties that arose for the new democratic politicians who came to power, about their limited powers under the existing system of government; about the need for an authoritative democratic government; about the responsibility of the head of the Lviv Regional Council (in particular, about the situation with conscription); memories of childhood, father, repression in the family, about the family village, about fishing; about the years in prison, which during this period helped to hold on and gave hope, about fabricated cases, pressure from repressive bodies; favorite songs at different stages of life; about relationships with his immediate environment - the team at work and in the family, about the public and literary activities of his wife (Athena Pashko), her favorite flowers; about the circle of his like-minded people in the 60s-80s, the fate and mission of politicians who come to power on the "revolutionary wave"; wishes.

Host — Tamara Hryhorash.

Reference: Vyacheslav Chornovil — Ukrainian politician, publicist, dissident and political prisoner of the USSR. Founder of the underground magazine "Ukrainian Herald", member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, initiator of the creation of the People's Movement of Ukraine, its long-standing chairman. He was a presidential candidate in the 1991 elections, was elected as a People's Deputy of Ukraine three times. Died in 1999 in a car accident.