Ivan Svitlychnyi was born on 20 September 1929 in
Polovynkyne,
Luhansk Oblast to a family of farmers. Svitlychnyi was released in January 1983. He returned in a gravely ill condition, having suffered a stroke in prison camp. For the last three years of his life he could not move or speak, and was cared for by his wife,
Leonida Svitlychna. Ivan Svitlychnyi died on 25 October 1992. He is buried in
Kyiv at the
Baikove Cemetery. == References ==