Larysa Khorolets

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Larysa Khorolets
Лариса Хоролець
Khorolets in 2016
1st Minister of Culture of Ukraine
In office
24 August 1991 – 17 November 1992
PresidentLeonid Kravchuk
Succeeded byIvan Dziuba
7th Minister of Culture of Ukrainian SSR
In office
7 July 1991 – 24 August 1991
Preceded byYuri Olenenko
Personal details
Born(1948-08-25)25 August 1948
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died12 April 2022(2022-04-12) (aged 73)
EducationKyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University
Occupation
  • Actress
  • Playwright
  • Politician
  • Cultural manager
  • Academic teacher
Known for
AwardsPeople's Artist of Ukraine

Larysa Ivanivna Khorolets (Ukrainian: Лариса Іванівна Хоролець; 25 August 1948 – 12 April 2022) was a Ukrainian actress, playwright, cultural manager, politician, and academic teacher. She played at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater from 1973 to 1990. She served as the Minister of Culture of Ukraine in the Ukrainian SSR from August 1991, and upon Ukraine's independence later that year, serving until 1992. Afterward, she held positions in cultural management, diplomatic service, and academic teaching.

Life and career[edit]

Acting and writing[edit]

Khorolets was born in Kyiv. She made her acting debut in the film Partizanskaya iskra in 1957 at the age of nine.[1] She graduated from the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University in 1970.[1][2] After graduating, she served in the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, and from 1973 to 1990 she was an actress at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater.[3] Her first role there was in Olenka's The Dove Deer. Other roles included Anna in Ivan Franko's Stolen Happiness and Sophia in Ivan Karpenko-Kary's Untalanna.[1] In 1988, she was named a People's Artist of Ukraine.[4] Her plays, including Сирени (The Lilacs), Мені тридцять (The Thirty-Five of Me), "Сирени", "Мені тридцять", Третій (The Third) and На вулиці Електричній (On the Electric Street), were staged at many theatres in Ukraine.[1]

Minister of Culture[edit]

In 1991, after attending the World Conference of Women Playwrights in Toronto, Canada, Khorolets was nominated to be the Minister of Culture of Ukraine. She accepted, and served from 7 July 1991 to 17 November 1992.[5] Her primary role as Minister of Culture was to rebuild; she needed to kickstart theatres which had been abandoned after the fall of communism in Ukraine.[6] At a reception of diplomats, she said: "Russia is our partner – our equal partner. We may differ, but they are our neighbors and we are linked economically."[7] She left the cabinet when the new President was elected. Khorolets remained working in the government, serving as director of the convention centre known as Ukrainian House until 1998.[6]

Other positions[edit]

Khorolets was deputy head of the Ukrainian National Taras Shevchenko Award Committee from 1991 to 1996. She was an assistant counselor of the Embassy of Ukraine in Germany from 1998 to 2004, in Ukrainian-German commission meetings. She then was a Humanitarian Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, working for human rights, until 2012.[1] In 2006, she took part in an international scientific workshop of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Women and Political Movements, as Advisor to the Ombudsman of Ukraine.[8] She took part in a CD recording of contemporary Ukrainian literature and plays, by Liubko Deresh and Lesya Ukrainka, in 2006.[9]

Teaching[edit]

She was active in teaching for 20 years. In 2014, she was appointed professor at the department of dramatic theatre at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. In November 2016, she became head of the department of stage and audiovisual art at the National Academy of Government Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts.[1]

Death[edit]

Khorolets died on 12 April 2022, at the age of 73.[1][5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Померла перша міністерка культури України Лариса Хоролець". ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. ^ "34 Notable Alumni of Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television". EduRank.org – Discover university rankings by location. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. ^ "The First Minister of Culture of Ukraine passed away". The Times Hub. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  4. ^ Лариса Хоролец. kino-teatr.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  5. ^ a b "zaxid.net – The first Minister of Culture of Ukraine Larysa Khorolets has died". nz.topnews.media. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b ЛАРИСА ХОРОЛЕЦ: «ЦЕНТРОМ КУЛЬТУРНОЙ ЖИЗНИ КИЕВА СТАНОВИТСЯ УКРАИНСКИЙ ДОМ. КОЕ-КОГО ЭТО РАЗДРАЖАЕТ» ТРИ ЖИЗНИ ОДНОЙ ЖЕНЩИНЫ. zn.ua (in Ukrainian). 10 February 1995. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  7. ^ Catto, Henry E. (2010). "Next Stop, Eastern Europe". Ambassadors at Sea: The High and Low Adventures of a Diplomat. University of Texas Press. pp. 330–340. ISBN 978-0-29-278986-9.
  8. ^ "Women and Political Movements / Workshop participants" (PDF). National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. 2006. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  9. ^ Tysiachna, Nadia (19 December 2006). "Liubko Deresh and Lesia Ukrainka now available as CD audio books / Works by contemporary Ukrainian authors and plays from Ukrainian Radio's "Gold Fund" recorded on CDs". day.kyiv.ua. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

External links[edit]

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