Vasyl Makukh

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Vasyl Omelianovych Makukh (

On November 5, 1968, he committed suicide by self-immolation on Khreshchatyk, Kyiv's main street, in protest against the Soviet rule of Ukraine, against russification^[2] as well as the Soviet invasion in Czechoslovakia.^[3][4][5][6] Before his death, Makukh shouted 'Long live free Ukraine!'^[6] He died the next day. On 6 November 1968 the prosecutor's office of the Leninsky District of Kyiv city opened a criminal case against him because of the suicide, the outcome of which was never made known.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Oleksa Hirnyk
• Romas Kalanta
• Ryszard Siwiec
• Jan Palach
• Jan Zajíc
• Evžen Plocek

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