Lev Dobriansky

Lev Eugene Dobriansky (November 9, 1918 – January 30, 2008)[2] was an American diplomat and professor of economics at Georgetown University.

[12][13] Dobriansky wrote the Captive Nations Week Resolution, which was adopted by the United States Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in July 1959.

[15] In September, 1960, Dobriansky testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee on the role of Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev in crimes against the Ukrainian people perpetrated by his predecessor, Joseph Stalin, such as the Holodomor.

[17] To this end, Dobriansky helped create the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, along with such notables as Lee Edwards, Grover Norquist, and Zbigniew Brzezinski.

[19] Dobriansky also played a role in the construction of another Washington, D.C., monument - a statue of Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian nationalist and artist.

[citation needed] Notices after his death on January 30, 2008, include a press office release from the former president of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko.