Evening in memory of Ivan Mykolaichuk

Chernivtsi region, Kitzman city, July 3, 1998. Evening in memory of Ivan Mykolaichuk's "Bird with God's Sign."

Comments: People's Artist of Ukraine — Les Serdyuk; wife of Ivan Mykolaichuk, Honored Artist of Ukraine — Maria Mykolaichuk; Honored Artist of Ukraine — Valentina Kovalska; friends of Ivan Mykolaichuk.

Background: Ivan Mykolaychuk was born on June 15, 1941, in the village of Chortorya, Chernivtsi region. He is a Ukrainian film actor, film director, screenwriter, and writer. He was awarded the Shevchenko Prize in 1988 (posthumously). He played 34 film roles, wrote 9 screenplays, and has two directorial works. In the Ukrainian SSR, he was labeled “unreliable”. He was called the “soul of Ukrainian cinema”. His most famous role is Ivan in the film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors directed by Serhiy Parajanov. The film gained worldwide recognition.

Ivan Mykolaychuk died of cancer on August 3, 1987. He was buried at the Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv.