Larysa Ivanivna Khorolets was a Ukrainian actress, playwright, cultural manager, politician, and academic teacher.
11 Facts About Larysa Khorolets
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Larysa Khorolets played at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater from 1973 to 1990.
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Larysa Khorolets 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.
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Larysa Khorolets made her acting debut in the film Partizanskaya iskra in 1957 at the age of nine.
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In 1991, after attending the World Conference of Women Playwrights in Toronto, Canada, Khorolets was nominated to be the Minister of Culture of Ukraine.
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Larysa Khorolets accepted, and served from 7 July 1991 to 17 November 1992.
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Larysa Khorolets remained working in the government, serving as director of the convention centre known as Ukrainian House until 1998.
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Larysa Khorolets was deputy head of the Ukrainian National Taras Shevchenko Award Committee from 1991 to 1996.
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Larysa Khorolets was an assistant counselor of the Embassy of Ukraine in Germany from 1998 to 2004, in Ukrainian-German commission meetings.
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Larysa Khorolets then was a Humanitarian Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, working for human rights, until 2012.
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Larysa Khorolets took part in a CD recording of contemporary Ukrainian literature and plays, by Liubko Deresh and Lesya Ukrainka, in 2006.