Sviatoslav Vakarchuk

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Sviatoslav Vakarchuk
Святослав Вакарчук
Sviatoslav Vakarchuk in 2022
Sviatoslav Vakarchuk in 2022
Background information
Birth nameSviatoslav Ivanovych Vakarchuk
Also known asSlava Vakarchuk
Born (1975-05-14) 14 May 1975 (age 48)
Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
GenresRock
Occupation(s)Singer, politician
Years active1994–present
Websiteokeanelzy.com Edit this at Wikidata
Scientific career
Thesis Суперсиметрія електрона в магнітному полі  (2009)

Sviatoslav "Slava" Vakarchuk (

Voice (in May 2019).[3]

Vakarchuk was active in supporting the Orange Revolution and Euromaidan, and is involved in many social and cultural projects. He is one of the most successful musicians in Ukraine and has a PhD degree in theoretical physics.

Vakarchuk is the son of

Lviv University and a former Ukrainian Minister of Education and Science
.

Biography

Musical career

Vakarchuk was born in the western Ukrainian city of Mukachevo, into a family of scientists.[4] His mother and father were both university professors of physics.[4] His father Ivan Vakarchuk is also former Education Minister.[5][6]

Vakarchuk founded the band

Lviv University.[4] At this university he earned a Ph.D. in the field of supersymmetry.[4] After graduating Vakarchuk moved to Kyiv.[4]

In 2005, Vakarchuk answered all questions correctly and won the grand prize (

Khto khoche staty milyonerom? – Pershyi milyon. He donated his winnings to orphanages in Ukraine.[7]

In support of their album "Zemlya" in spring 2013, the band embarked on a stadium tour throughout cities in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, the US, Canada, and a number of countries in Western Europe.

In December 2013, Okean Elzy performed during the Euromaidan protests.[8]

In the summer of 2014, Okean Elzy performed a number of large concerts in the biggest stadiums in Ukraine to mark the band's 20th anniversary. Their performance in Kyiv's Olympiyskiy Stadium broke the record for the largest number of people attending a concert by a Ukrainian band — over 75,000.

Political career

In the early

Hobbesian world of all against all, rather than changing the country for the better.”[4]

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk in Kharkiv,
Ukraine on 19 April 2008

In 2008, Vakarchuk released a solo project "Vnochi" (In the Night). This album was released under the name of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, but it includes appearances by all members of Okean Elzy and other various guest musicians. Another solo project followed in 2011, "Brussel" (Brussels).

In 2015, Vakarchuk took part in the Yale World Fellows international fellowship program at Yale University.[5]

Vakarchuk stated multiple times in 2017 that he had no political ambitions.

sociological group "RATING", 64% of the electorate would have liked to see Vakarchuk among the presidential candidates.[20]

Vakarchuk also plays an active role in social and cultural projects, and is the founder of the charity foundation "Lyudi Maybutnyoho" (People of the Future). The main projects of the foundation were "Knyga Tvoryt' Lyudynu" (A Book Creates a Man), "Osvita Krainoyu" (The Country's Education), "3-D Proekt. Dumay, Diy, Dopomagai." (3-D Project. Think, Act. Help.). Together with the members of the band he actively supported the preventive campaign IOM and MTV Europe's "People Are Not For Sale." In 2003, Vakarchuk became an Honorary Ambassador of Culture in Ukraine. In 2005, he became a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme.

On 16 May 2019, Vakarchuk announced the creation of a new political party,

extra-parliamentary activities for his party.[24] On 18 June 2020 parliament rejected the draft resolution on the early termination of Vakarchuk's parliamentary mandate (the resolution was supported by 175 deputies, while 226 votes minimum were required).[25] The next day Vakarchuk left his party's faction so the party could terminate his mandate via a party congress.[26]
His party did indeed do this on 26 June 2020.[1] Vakarchuk was replaced in parliament by Andriy Sharaskin.[27]

Personal life

His life partner from the beginning of the 2000s until 2021 was Lialia Fonariova. They have never been registered as a married couple (Register of Declarations). Together they raised Lialia's daughter from her first marriage with Volodymyr Tarasyuk, Diana Fonariova, (later adopted by Sviatoslav).[1] The couple had no children together.

In June 2021, Vakarchuk announced the end of his relationship with Lialia as a couple,[2]

Children:

  • son Ivan Vakarchuk (born June 19, 2021)[3]
  • daughter Solomiya Vakarchuk (b. June 21, 2022)[4]

The Ukrainian magazine Korrespondent has ranked him as one of the 100 most influential people in Ukraine (in 2008 ranked 55).[28]

Vakarchuk speaks Ukrainian, Russian, English and Polish fluently.

During the

territorial defence battalion of Lviv Oblast on 7 March 2022.[29]

Awards

Discography

Vakarchuk has released nine studio albums together with his band, Okean Elzy:

and also one live acoustic album Tviy format (Your Format, 2003).

Notes

  1. Ukrayinska Pravda commented that Vakarchuk was not going to go to take part in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election but that his likely goal was to participate in parliamentary elections.[17]

References

  1. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (26 June 2020) (in Ukrainian)
  2. ^ a b "Verkhovna Rada Deputies List".
  3. ^ Вакарчук заявив про створення партії і похід у Раду. pravda.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f For His Next Act, a Ukrainian Rock Star Looks to Politics, The New York Times (14 September 2018)
  5. ^ a b Vakarchuk to study at Yale as third Ukrainian fellow, Kyiv Post (23 April 2015)
  6. UNIAN
    (4 March 2020) (in Ukrainian)
  7. ^ Вакарчук трішки побув мільйонером
  8. ^ Ukraine suspends mayor, security official over protest crackdown, Zee News (14 December 2013)
  9. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". itd.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  11. Gazeta.ru
    . 11 September 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
  12. ^ "Про дострокове припинення повноважень народного депутата У... | від 16 December 2008 № 664-VI". zakon.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  13. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (10 December 2017) (in Ukrainian)
  14. ^ "Sviatoslav Vakarchuk joins Stanford as a visiting scholar this fall". www.okeanelzy.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  15. ^ "Vakarchuk presents at Yalta YES conference". yes-ukraine.org. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  16. ^ 5 months before voting, race for president well under way (2 November 2018)
  17. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (23 January 2019) (in Ukrainian)
  18. ^ "Musician Vakarchuk says he doesn't plan to back any Ukrainian presidential candidate". en.interfax.com.ua. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  19. ^ "Гриценко вважає, що Вакарчук має публічно висловити свою позицію на цих виборах". ua.interfax.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  20. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (11 March 2019)
  21. ^ "Rock Star Vakarchuk Sets Up Political Party Ahead Of Ukraine's General Elections". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  22. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Vakarchuk: There will be no acting deputies in the list of new party, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 May 2019)
  23. ^ "Центральна виборча комісія - Вибори народних депутатів України 2019". www.cvk.gov.ua. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  24. ^ a b Vakarchuk resigns as Member of Parliament, Interfax-Ukraine (11 June 2020)
  25. ^ Parliament rejects Vakarchuk’s resignation, Ukrinform (18 June 2020)
  26. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (19 June 2020)
  27. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (8 October 2020)
  28. ^ Korrespondent 2008-08-22, nr 32.
  29. ^ a b Musician Svyatoslav Vakarchuk joins territorial defense unit, The Kyiv Independent (7 March 2022)
  30. ^ "Про відзначення державними нагородами України з нагоди 14-ї річниці незалежності України". zakon.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  31. ^ Терещук, Галина (May 2015). "Святослав Вакарчук – почесний громадянин Львова". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  32. ^ "Вакарчук отримав звання "Почесний громадянин Києва"". ukranews_com (in Ukrainian). 14 May 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  33. ^ "Про відзначення державними нагородами України з нагоди Дня Соборності України". zakon.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  34. ^ "Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  35. ^ "Порошенко нагородив орденами видатних українців на честь Дня Соборності". ukranews_com (in Ukrainian). 24 January 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

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