Live torch in Ukraine. Vasyl Omeljanovych Makuch self-immolation in Kiev November 5, 1968 Cover Image

Živá pochodeň na Ukrajině. Sebeupálení Vasyla Omeljanovyče Makucha v Kyjevě 5. listopadu 1968
Live torch in Ukraine. Vasyl Omeljanovych Makuch self-immolation in Kiev November 5, 1968

Author(s): Petr Blažek, Rita Kindlerová
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: life torch; Vasyl Omeljanovych Makuch; Ukraine;

Summary/Abstract: Before Jan Palach's protest, self-immolation as a form of radical political protest emerged in the Soviet bloc in three cases, but they received very little response at the time. This paper is dedicated to a "Life torch" Vasyl Omeljanovych Makuch.

  • Issue Year: X/2016
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 73-90
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Czech