Thirty-five years ago, on Sept. 29, 1985, The Ukrainian Weekly ran a series of statements and commentaries following the death on September 4, 1985, of 47-year-old Ukrainian poet Vasyl Stus, who was imprisoned by the Soviets for his poetry and other writings, as well as for his activism as a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group.
The Ukrainian Weekly: Statements on Ukrainian poet Vasyl Stus
Ukrainian poet Vasyl Stus. This photograph taken from the poet's file after his first arrest in 1972.
