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Olesia Hudymiak was born on 10 May 1958 in [[Vorkuta]] in a Ukrainian nationalist family, where her parents were the [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army|UPA]] militaries and [[Vorkutlag]] camp victims.<ref name = “:1 /> She studied at the local school No. 16 till 1975, because [[KGB]] had prohibited her family from living in [[Ukraine]]. |
Olesia Hudymiak was born on 10 May 1958 in [[Vorkuta]] in a Ukrainian nationalist family, where her parents were the [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army|UPA]] militaries and [[Vorkutlag]] camp victims.<ref name = “:1 /> She studied at the local school No. 16 till 1975, because [[KGB]] had prohibited her family from living in [[Ukraine]]. |
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Then Olesia tried to go to [[Ivanovo State University]], but, after passing entrance exams, she was refused because of her family’s biography. So, in 1975, she began to study history at [[Syktyvkar State University]], which from gratulated in 1982.<ref name = “:1 /> She had already an older daughter Nadiia. |
Then Olesia tried to go to [[Ivanovo State University]], but, after passing entrance exams, she was refused because of her family’s biography. So, in 1975, she began to study history at [[Syktyvkar State University]], which from gratulated in 1982.<ref name = “:1 /> She had already an older daughter Nadiia. |
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In the 1980s, she returned to Ukraine and started living in [[Kolomyia]] with her family. Olesia initially worked as a librarian at a local library No. 3, but later she was fired because of her repressed parents.<ref>Прошак І. Не вірте дезинформаторам. – Вісник Коломиї. – 19.12.1991. – No. 124. – с. 2</ref> In 1986–1989, she worked as a labor teacher and a language laboratory assistant at school No. 1 named after [[Vasyl Stefanyk]] till her birth of younger daughter Yuliia.<ref name = “:1 /> Because of [[Chernobyl disaster]], her older daughter died from blood cancer on 19 August 1990.<ref>По кому дзвін. – Вісник Коломиї. – 11.09.1990. – No. 34. – с. 2</ref> |
In the 1980s, she returned to Ukraine and started living in [[Kolomyia]] with her family. Olesia initially worked as a librarian at a local library No. 3, but later she was fired because of her repressed parents.<ref>Прошак І. Не вірте дезинформаторам. – Вісник Коломиї. – 19.12.1991. – No. 124. – с. 2</ref> In 1986–1989, she worked as a labor teacher and a language laboratory assistant at school No. 1 named after [[Vasyl Stefanyk]] till her birth of younger daughter Yuliia.<ref name = “:1 /> Because of [[Chernobyl disaster]], her older daughter died from blood cancer on 19 August 1990.<ref>По кому дзвін. – Вісник Коломиї. – 11.09.1990. – No. 34. – с. 2</ref> |
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Ukrainian history teacher (born 1958)
Olesia Ivanivna Hudymiak (née Proshak) (Ukrainian: Олеся Іванівна Гудимяк (з роду Прошак); born 10 May 1958) is a history teacher[2] and daughter of political prisoners and UPA militaries Ivan Proshak and Mariia Kushnirchuk.[3][4]
Olesia Hudymiak was born on 10 May 1958 in Vorkuta in a Ukrainian nationalist family, where her parents were the UPA militaries and Vorkutlag camp victims.[3] She studied at the local school No. 16 till 1975, because KGB had prohibited her family from living in Ukraine.
Then Olesia tried to go to Ivanovo State University, but, after passing entrance exams, she was refused because of her family’s biography. So, in 1975, she began to study history at Syktyvkar State University, which from gratulated in 1982.[3] She had already had an older daughter Nadiia.
In the 1980s, she returned to Ukraine and started living in Kolomyia with her family. Olesia initially worked as a librarian at a local library No. 3, but later she was fired because of her repressed parents.[5] In 1986–1989, she worked as a labor teacher and a language laboratory assistant at school No. 1 named after Vasyl Stefanyk till her birth of younger daughter Yuliia.[3] Because of Chernobyl disaster, her older daughter died from blood cancer on 19 August 1990.[6]
In 1993–2022, she was an history teacher of school No. 1.[2][7] She has a rank of a “specialist of higher category”.[8] In May 2010, she organized the meeting with famous participant of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army Myroslav Symchych at the school. It was initiated by a political party “For Ukraine” as a protest against a pro-Russian policy of the minister of education and science of Ukraine Dmytro Tabachnyk.[9] In 2017, she prepared her pupil Ivan Feniak to the 3rd place of the 4th stage of the All-Ukrainian pupils’ history olympiad.[10][3]
In 2019, together with her pupils, Olesia initiated a trip to a three-day seminar in Ivano-Frankivsk, dedicated to the memory of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who kept a diary during the war and described the horrors. And then there was a field trip, which was conducted by the children participating in the seminar.[3]
Lots of pupils are characterising Olesia as an interesting, principled, honest and professional history teacher.[11]
Since 2022, Olesia is a history teacher of school in Lisna Slobidka. Olesia is also a member of the Society of Political Prisoners and Repressed People.[12] On August 24, 2023, she was awarded the diploma of a mayor of Kolomyia as a member of the society for contribution to the struggle for Ukrainian independence.[1][3][13]
