Iryna Farion
Iryna Farion | |
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Ірина Фаріон | |
People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
In office 12 December 2012[1] – 27 November 2014[2] | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Iryna Podoliak |
Constituency | Lviv Oblast, No. 116 |
Personal details | |
Born | Lviv University | 29 April 1964
Occupation | professor, politician, philologist |
Awards | Oleksa Hirnyk Prize Borys Hrinchenko Prize |
Website | Official website |
Iryna Dmytrivna Farion (
Biography
Farion graduated from the Philology School of the
In 1996 she defended her candidate dissertation. Since 2006 Farion became politically active balloting for
Among her scientific works are four monographs and 200 articles[citation needed]. During 1998–2004 Farion headed language commission of Prosvita. Since 1998 she initiated and organized the annual competition among students "Language is a foundation of your life". In 2004 Farion became a laureate of Oleksa Hirnyk Prize (Oleksa Hirnyk). Farion publicly advocates the memory of Stepan Bandera,[5] unity of the Ukrainian West and East based on a statist thinking.
In the
In the 2014 parliamentary election Farion again tried to win a constituency seat in Lviv, but failed this time having finished third in her constituency with approximately 16% of votes.[7]
In the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Farion again failed to return to parliament after finishing fifth with 10.35% of the vote in electoral district 116 in Lviv Oblast.[8]
In November 2023, she had a clash with
Public opinion
On 19 February 2010, as part of the action "Affirm the state language!" (on the International Mother Language Day) Farion held a class devoted to the problem of national identity in the Kindergarten #67 (Lviv). During the classes in sharp form she condemned Russification of Ukrainian names.[12][13] The same day unknown people posted online video of Farion on YouTube. The event became publicized in mass media and has caused mixed reviews. In particular, a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the Party of Regions Vadym Kolesnichenko appealed to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine to bring Iryna Farion criminally liable under Article 161 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (concerning discrimination against children based on language and ethnicity), while the Ukrainian People's Party condemned the speech of Farion as a provocation against the Ukrainian language. On the other hand, the head of the party "Svoboda" Oleh Tyahnybok defended his colleague.[14]
Awards
- Oleksa Hirnyk Prize (2004)
- Borys Hrinchenko Prize (2008)
- Diploma of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate(2010) for book "Father Markiyan Shashkevych - the Ukrainian linguist"
Scientific publications
- Ukrainian family names of the Carpathian Lviv Region at the end of 18th – beginning of 19th centuries (with etymological dictionary). National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of folklore studies. "Litopys". Lviv, 2001.[15]
- Antroponymy system of the Upper Dniester region at the end of 18th – beginning of 19th centuries (family names). Franko State University. Lviv, 1996.[16]
References
- ^ You Scratch My Back, and I’ll Scratch Yours, The Ukrainian Week (26 September 2012)
- UNIAN(26 November 2014)
- ^ a b c "Ірину Фаріон звільнили з "Львівської політехніки": що відомо" (in Ukrainian). Suspilne. 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Фарион - звериное лицо "нациков" по заданию КПСС". Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
- ^ Ірина Фаріон про Бандеру (Iryna Farion about Bandera) svoboda.org.ua at YouTube. October 8, 2009
- Ukrayinska Pravda(11 November 2012)
- ^ "Single-mandate district No.116". Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "Фаріон і Подоляк поступилися на виборах Княжицькому" (in Ukrainian). 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Паплюжать честь ЗСУ: Фаріон вимагає покарати бійців "Азова"" (in Ukrainian). 14 November 2023.
- ^ ""Проти мене ширять провокацію": Фаріон відреагувала на затримання студента з Криму" (in Ukrainian). Suspilne. 13 November 2023.
- Radio Liberty. 15 November 2023.
- ^ Фаріон ставить дитсадок на вуха (Farion puts the Kindergarten upside down). vgolos.com.ua at YouTube. February 19, 2010.
- ^ Фаріон рулить у дитячому садочку (Farion rules in kindergarten). vgolos.com.ua at YouTube. February 19, 2010.
- ^ Заява прес-служби ВО "Свобода" щодо мовної істерії українофобів та плазування псевдопатріотів (Statement by the Press Service of "Svoboda" on linguistic Ukrainophobes hysteria and adulation pseudo-patriots). Tyahnybok website. February 24, 2010
- ^ Book profile in the Maksymovych Science Library
- ^ Information in the Vernadsky National Library