Borys Illich Oliynyk (Ukrainian: Борис Ілліч Олійник; Russian: Борис Ильич Олейник, Boris Ilyich Oleynik; 22 October 1935[1] – 30 April 2017) was a Soviet and Ukrainian poet, translator, and political activist.

[1] He served in the Verkhovna Rada from 1992 to 2006 and was chairman of the Ukrainian Culture Fund.

[2] Before his death, Oliynyk was the most prominent representative of the national-communist movement within the Communist Party of Ukraine.

[3] While being Ukrainian, Oliynyk also officially adopted a Russian version of his last name as Oleynik.

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