Oles Honchar

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1918-04-03

Deathday

1995-07-14 (77 years old)

Birth Name

Олександр Терентійович Гончар

Birth Place

Lomivka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic [now part of Dnipro, Ukraine]

Citizenships

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukraine

Also Known As

Oles Gonchar , Олесь Терентійович Гончар

Awards

Order of Glory Third Class, Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, Honored badge of merit of the President of Ukraine, Order of the State (Ukraine), Hero of Ukraine, Order of the State, Shevchenko National Prize, Stalin Prize, Medal "For Courage", Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Hero of Ukraine, Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev", Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv", Medal "For the Defence of Kiev", Medal "For the Defence of Kyiv", Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Capture of Berlin", USSR State Prize, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Red Star, Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of Friendship of Peoples, Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Medal "Veteran of Labour", Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of Lenin, Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Lenin Prize