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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmytrivna and the family name is Farion.
Iryna Farion
Ірина Фаріон
Farion in February 2015
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
12 December 2012[1] – 27 November 2014[2]
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byIryna Podoliak
ConstituencyLviv Oblast, No. 116
Personal details
Born(1964-04-29)29 April 1964
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died19 July 2024(2024-07-19) (aged 60)
Lviv, Ukraine
Political partySvoboda
ChildrenSofia, Semchyshyn
Alma materLviv University
Occupationprofessor, politician, philologist
AwardsOleksa Hirnyk Prize
Borys Hrinchenko Prize
WebsiteOfficial website

Iryna Dmytrivna Farion (Ukrainian: Ірина Дмитрівна Фаріон; 29 April 1964 – 19 July 2024) was a Ukrainian linguist and far-right nationalist politician.[3] She was a former professor at the Department of Ukrainian Language at Lviv Polytechnic (Institute of Humanitarian and Social Sciences).[4]

She was known for her campaigns to promote the Ukrainian language and to discredit officials who spoke Russian.[5]

On 19 July 2024, Farion was fatally shot.

Early life and education

Farion graduated from the Philology School of the Lviv University in 1987 with honors.[citation needed] while her name was entered in the book "Toiling glory of University".[citation needed] During her college years, she was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (the only student being in the Communist Party).[6]

In 1996, she defended her candidate dissertation.[citation needed]

Career

Among her scientific works are four monographs and 200 articles.[citation needed] In 1998–2004, Farion headed the language commission of Prosvita. From 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).[citation needed]

From 2006, Farion became politically active balloting for People's Deputy of Ukraine mandate from the All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda", of which she was a member since 2005. In 2006, Farion also successfully balloted to the regional council, while in 2010, she won in a majoritarian electoral district of Lviv.

Farion publicly advocated for the memory of Stepan Bandera,[7] as well as the unity of the Ukrainian west and east based on statist thinking.[citation needed]

In the 2012 parliamentary election, Farion was elected into parliament after winning a constituency in Lviv Oblast.[8]

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 the vote.[9]

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.[10]

Assassination

Farion was attacked in Lviv on 19 July 2024. She was immediately admitted to the hospital in the emergency department with a gunshot wound to the head in an "extremely serious" condition.[11][12] The attack was "classified as an attempted murder", according to the interior minister Ihor Klymenko.[5] Farion died in the hospital later that day.[13][14]

Controversies

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 No. 67 (Lviv). During the classes, in sharp form she condemned Russification of Ukrainian names.[15][16] 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.[17]

In November 2023, she had a clash with Maksym Zhorin and Bohdan Krotevych after claiming that she cannot call the Russian-speaking fighters of the Azov Brigade Ukrainians.[18] During this time, she also failed, and later refused, to blur the name of her supporter from Russian-occupied Crimea on a screenshot of his letter of gratitude, causing him to be arrested by Russian authorities.[19] This caused public outrage, including protests of students of the Lviv Polytechnic Institute, but the institute refused to fire her.[4] On 15 November 2023, the Security Service of Ukraine opened an investigation against her on the counts of discrimination, insulting the dignity of a serviceman, violation of confidentiality of correspondence, and breach of inviolability of private life,[20] and she was relieved of her position in the Lviv Polytechnic.[4]

Awards

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.[21]
  • Antroponymy system of the Upper Dniester region at the end of 18th – beginning of 19th centuries (family names). Franko State University. Lviv, 1996.[22]

References

  1. ^ You Scratch My Back, and I’ll Scratch Yours, The Ukrainian Week (26 September 2012)
  2. ^ CEC registers 357 newly elected deputies of 422 Archived 2014-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, National Radio Company of Ukraine (25 November 2014)
    Parliament to form leadership and coalition on November 27, UNIAN (26 November 2014)
  3. ^ "Controversial ex-MP fired from her university post". The Kyiv Independent. 15 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Ірину Фаріон звільнили з "Львівської політехніки": що відомо" (in Ukrainian). Suspilne. 15 November 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Gunman wounds nationalist former parliamentarian in Ukraine's Lviv". Reuters. 19 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Фарион - звериное лицо "нациков" по заданию КПСС". Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  7. ^ Ірина Фаріон про Бандеру (Iryna Farion about Bandera) svoboda.org.ua at YouTube. October 8, 2009
  8. ^ (in Ukrainian) Список депутатів нової Верховнсї Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
  9. ^ "Single-mandate district No.116". Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Фаріон і Подоляк поступилися на виборах Княжицькому" (in Ukrainian). 24 July 2019.
  11. ^ "У Львові стріляли в Ірину Фаріон". Варта 1 (in Ukrainian). 2024-07-19. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  12. ^ Zaxid.net (2024-07-19). "У Львові вчинили замах на Ірину Фаріон". ZAXID.NET (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  13. ^ "Украинский политик Ирина Фарион умерла в больнице после покушения" [Ukrainian politician Iryna Farion dies in hospital after attack]. Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Фарион умерла в больнице" [Farion dies in hospital]. RBK-Ukraine (in Russian). 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  15. ^ Фаріон ставить дитсадок на вуха (Farion puts the Kindergarten upside down). vgolos.com.ua at YouTube. February 19, 2010.
  16. ^ Фаріон рулить у дитячому садочку (Farion rules in kindergarten). vgolos.com.ua at YouTube. February 19, 2010.
  17. ^ 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
  18. ^ "Паплюжать честь ЗСУ: Фаріон вимагає покарати бійців "Азова"" (in Ukrainian). 14 November 2023.
  19. ^ ""Проти мене ширять провокацію": Фаріон відреагувала на затримання студента з Криму" (in Ukrainian). Suspilne. 13 November 2023.
  20. ^ "СБУ відкрила провадження щодо Фаріон" (in Ukrainian). Radio Liberty. 15 November 2023.
  21. ^ Book profile in the Maksymovych Science Library
  22. ^ Information in the Vernadsky National Library
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