List of Ukrainian cultural figures persecuted by the Soviet Union

This article contains an incomplete list of those Ukrainian cultural figures who were persecuted and repressed by Soviet Russia and subsequently by the Soviet Union. The list is sorted by date of death.

List Portrait NameName in Ukrainian Date of birth Date of death Activity RepressionOleksandr BorodaiОлександр Бородай18441919Bandurist and engineerExecutionOleksandr MurashkoОлександр МурашкоSeptember 7, 1875June 14, 1919Painter and educatorMurderOlelko OstrovskyОлелько ОстровськийAugust 6, 1887July 6, 1919Actor, director, writer and playwrightExecutionOleksiy IvanytskyОлексій Іваницький1854December 6, 1920PhotographerShot by the ChekaAntin MytyaiАнтін Митяй18861921BanduristShotMykola LeontovychМикола ЛеонтовичDecember 13, 1877January 23, 1921Composer, choir conductor and teacherMurdered by the ChekaArkady KazkaАркадій КазкаSeptember 23, 1890November 23, 1929Poet, translator and educatorImprisonment by the NKWDPavlo KolomietsПавло Коломієць1900November 10, 1929PoetSuicide before arrestMykola KhvylovyМикола ХвильовийDecember 13, 1893May 13, 1933WriterSuicide in the context of Stalinist repressionPetro DrevchenkoПетро Древченко18631934KobzarExecutionSerhii PylypenkoСергій ПилипенкоJuly 22, 1891March 3, 1934Writer, journalist and literary criticExecutionOleksa VlyzkoОлекса ВлизькоFebruary 17, 1908December 14, 1934Poet, prose writer, FuturistExecutionKost BureviyКость БуревійAugust 14, 1888December 15, 1934Poet, playwright, theatre scholar, literary critic and translatorExecutionDmytro FalkivskyjДмитро ФальківськийNovember 3, 1898December 16, 1934Poet, prose writer, translator, screenwriterExecutionHryhorii KosynkaГригорій КосинкаNovember 29, 1898December 17, 1934Writer, publicist and translatorExecutionIvan KrushelnytskyІван КрушельницькийNovember 12, 1905December 17, 1934Poet, playwright, graphic artist, art historian and literary criticExecutionMykyta KalistratenkoМикита Калістратенко1900November 1935Choir conductor, folklorist and organizer of music radio broadcastsExecutionBorys TenetaБорис ТенетаApril 8, 1903February 6, 1935Poet and writerDied in prisonPylyp ZahoruikoПилип ЗагоруйкоJune 27, 1900February 25, 1935WriterExecutionKazimir MalevichКазимир МалевичFebruary 23, 1879May 15, 1935PainterArrested twice: one month in Lefortovo Prison, over two months in Kresty PrisonYukhym MikhailivЮхим МихайлівSeptember 27, 1885July 15, 1935Artist, poet and art criticDied in exileYevhen PluzhnykЄвген ПлужникDecember 26, 1898February 2, 1936WriterDied in a labor campIvan LychkoІван Личко18821937WriterDied in the GulagMykhailo DomontovychМихайло ДомонтовичOctober 31, 18831937Kobsar and writerExecutionValentyn ShklyaivВалентин Шкляїв18951937Theatre artist, set designerArrested, fate unknownPetro Vanchenko-IvaschenkoПетро Ванченко-ІващенкоJanuary 11, 1898March 10, 1937Writer and actorDied in the GulagLazar ShevchenkoЛазар ШевченкоNovember 6, 1879April 7, 1937ActorPoisoned during NKVD interrogationLadya MohylyanskaЛадя МогилянськаNovember 7, 1899June 6, 1937PoetPrisoner in the Gulag and executionMykhailo BoychukМихайло БойчукOctober 30, 1882July 13, 1937Artist, teacher, founder of the school of Ukrainian monumental paintingExecutionIvan LypkivskyІван ЛипківськийSeptember 14, 1892July 13, 1937PainterExecutionIvan PadalkaІван ПадалкаNovember 15, 1894July 13, 1937Artist and educatorExecutionIvan Orel-OrlenkoІван Орел-ОрленкоSeptember 25, 1896July 13, 1937PainterExecutionVolodymyr YaroshenkoВолодимир ЯрошенкоMay 23, 1898July 13, 1937Poet, fabulist, prose writer, dramatist, literary critic, screenwriterExecutionVasyl SedlyarВасиль СедлярApril 12, 1899July 13, 1937Artist, teacher, art criticExecutionVasyl ChechvanskyВасиль ЧечванськийMarch 11, 1888July 15, 1937HumoristExecutionOleksiy SavytskyОлексій СавицькийMarch 2, 1896July 15, 1937Writer, poet and dramatistExecutionIvan KalyannykІван КалянникMarch 12, 1911July 15, 1937Writer, poet and translatorExecutionVyatcheslav PotapenkoВ'ячеслав ПотапенкоJanuary 2, 1864August 8, 1937Writer and actorExecutionOleksiy ArnautoffОлексій АрнаутовJanuary 12, 1907September 3, 1937ComposerExecutionMykola BulatovychМикола БулатовичFebruary 14, 1909September 3, 1937PoetExecutionFawst LopatynskyФавст ЛопатинськийMay 29, 1899September 3, 1937Director, screenwriter, actorExecutionVasyl MykoliukВасиль МиколюкMarch 8, 1904September 24, 1937WriterExecutionLiuziana PiontekЛюзіана ПіонтекJuly 1, 1899September 25, 1937Writer and poetExecutionPetro Svashchenko (Petro Lisovy)Петро Свашенко (Петро Лісовий)June 22, 1891September 27, 1937Writer and journalistExecutionIvan MykytenkoІван МикитенкоSeptember 6, 1897October 4, 1937Writer and dramatistExecutionIvan KulykІван КуликJanuary 26, 1897October 10, 1937Writer, poet and translatorExecutionLeonid ObosnenkoЛеонід ОбосненкоApril 12, 1884October 19, 1937PainterExecutionOleksandr PevnyОлександр Певний1881October 22, 1937Actor and singerExecutionMykhailo SemenkoМихайло СеменкоDecember 31, 1892October 23, 1937Poet, founder of Ukrainian FuturismExecutionMykhailo BykovetsМихайло БиковецьSeptember 15, 1894October 24, 1937Writer, literary critic, educator and journalistExecutionMykola SkubaМикола СкубаDecember 19, 1907October 24, 1937PoetExecutionVictor HudymВіктор ГудимJuly 1, 1909October 24, 1937Writer and journalistExecutionAndriy MychailyukАндрій МихайлюкDecember 19, 1911October 24, 1937Poet and translatorExecutionDmytro HrudynaДмитро Грудина1893October 25, 1937Theater critic, writer, actorExecutionAnatoly PatyakАнатолій ПатякFebruary 19, 1898October 25, 1937Writer and playwrightExecutionIvan YanovskyІван ЯновськийSeptember 23, 1898October 26, 1937Theater practitioner, director of the Kyiv Academic Opera and Ballet TheatreExecutionMaik YohansenМайк ЙохансенOctober 28, 1895October 27, 1937Poet, adventure writerExecutionHryhorii KovalenkoГригорій КоваленкоJanuary 24, 1868October 28, 1937Writer, journalist, historian, ethnographer, painterMurdered in prisonKostiantyn KrzheminskyКостянтин КржемінськийMay 11, 1893October 28, 1937Artist, architect, art historian, educator, restorer and researcherExecutionStepan BenСтепан БенOctober 29, 1900November 1, 1937PoetExecutionYakiv SavchenkoЯків СавченкоApril 2, 1890November 2, 1937Poet, literary critic and essayistExecutionOleksiy RublevskyОлексій Рубльовський1904November 2, 1937WriterExecutionMykhailo LozynskyМихайло ЛозинськийJune 30, 1880November 3, 1937Writer, translator, biographer, literary and theatre criticExecutionMychailo KozorisМихайло КозорісMarch 2, 1882November 3, 1937Writer, poet, fabulist and publicistExecutionLes KurbasЛесь КурбасFebruary 25, 1887November 3, 1937Director, actor, founder of the Ukrainian national modern theatreExecutionMychailo KachaniukМихайло Качанюк1889November 3, 1937WriterExecutionMykola ZerovМикола ЗеровApril 26, 1890November 3, 1937Literary critic, translator of ancient poetryExecutionOleksa SlisarenkoОлекса СлісаренкоMarch 28, 1891November 3, 1937Poet and writerExecutionPavlo FylypovychПавло ФилиповичSeptember 1, 1891November 3, 1937Writer, literary critic and translatorExecutionKlym PolishchukКлим ПоліщукNovember 25, 1891November 3, 1937Writer and publicistExecutionBorys PylypenkoБорис ПилипенкоJuly 16, 1892November 3, 1937PainterExecutionDmytro RovynskyДмитро РовинськийNovember 8, 1892November 3, 1937Actor, theatre directorExecutionMykola KulishМикола КулішDecember 18, 1892November 3, 1937Writer, director, playwrightExecutionVolodymyr ShtanheiВолодимир Штанхей1895November 3, 1937WriterExecutionMychailo YalovyМихайло ЯловийJune 5, 1895November 3, 1937Poet, short story writer and playwrightExecutionMyroslav IrchanМирослав ІрчанJuly 14, 1897November 3, 1937Poet, prose writer, playwright, translator, literary critic, journalist, historian, publisherExecutionValerian PolishchukВалерій ПоліщукOctober 1, 1897November 3, 1937Writer, literary critic, literary theorist, publicistExecutionAndrii PanivАндрій ПанівSeptember 30, 1899November 3, 1937Poet, journalist, translatorExecutionHryhorii EpikГригорій ЕпікJanuary 17, 1901November 3, 1937Journalist, translator, writerExecutionValerian PidmohylnyВалерій ПідмогильнийFebruary 2, 1901November 3, 1937Writer, translatorExecutionMarko VoronyМарко ВоронийMarch 18, 1904November 3, 1937Poet, translatorExecutionIvan BoretsІван Борець1900November 11, 1937KobzarExecutionDmytro BuzkoДмитро Бузько1891November 14, 1937Poet, writerExecutionVitalii ChyhyrynВіталій ЧигиринMay 11, 1908November 15, 1937WriterExecutionOleksandr KosenkoОлександр КосенкоMarch 19, 1904November 15, 1937Poet, writerExecutionNykanor OnatskyНиканор ОнацькийJanuary 9, 1874November 23, 1937Painter, poet, teacher, art critic, founder of the Sumy Art MuseumArrest and executionIvan Kuchuhura-KucherenkoІван Кучугура-КучеренкоJuly 7, 1878November 24, 1937Kobzar, activistExecutionKostiantyn BohuslavskyКостянтин БогуславськийMay 21, 1895November 24, 1937Composer, singer, choirmasterExecutionMykola IvasyukМикола ІвасюкMarch 28, 1865November 25, 1937Painter, graphic artistExecutionIvan MalovytschkoІван МаловичкоNovember 7, 1909November 26, 1937PoetExecutionVasyl LypkivskyВасиль ЛипківськийMarch 19, 1880November 27, 1937Education activist, reformer, journalist, writer, and translatorExecutionVictor SolohubВіктор Сологуб1888November 27, 1937BanduristExecutionMyroslava SopilkaМирослава СопілкаAugust 29, 1897November 28, 1937Poet and writerExecutionYakiv StrukhmanchukЯків СтрухманчукAugust 10, 1884December 2, 1937Graphic artist, caricaturist, and portraitistExecutionMykola Lyubchenko