Sviatoslav "Slava" Vakarchuk is a Ukrainian musician, politician and public activist.
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22 Facts About Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is the lead vocalist of Okean Elzy, a rock band in Ukraine.
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is a former member of the Ukrainian parliament, and the founder of the Voice.
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was active in supporting the Orange Revolution and Euromaidan, and is involved in many social and cultural projects.
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was born in the western Ukrainian city of Mukachevo, into a family of scientists.
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk founded the band Okean Elzy, in 1994 as an undergraduate at Lviv University.
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was a member of groups of parliamentary contacts with the Russian Federation and other countries.
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk did not submit any legislative acts during his deputy's term.
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk submitted two amendments, one of which was accepted by the Verkhovna Rada.
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In 2015, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk took part in the Yale World Fellows international fellowship program at Yale University.
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk stated multiple times in 2017 that he had no political ambitions.
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On 16 May 2019, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk announced the creation of a new political party, Holos, with the aim to participate in the July July 2019 parliamentary election.
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk assured on 19 May 2019 that if elected to parliament, he would not stop playing music, but political activity would be a priority.
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk claimed that he believed that currently the Ukrainian parliament is the place "where real changes are being made" so he did not participate in the presidential election of the previous month.
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On 11 June 2020 Svyatoslav Vakarchuk registered in parliament a request to terminate his parliamentary mandate.
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk insisted that he did not plan to end his political career but would be working on extra-parliamentary activities for his party.
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The next day Svyatoslav Vakarchuk left his party's faction so the party could terminate his mandate via a party congress.
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was married to Lyalya Fonareva, hairdresser-stylist, designer, worked as an art director, stylist and photographer for Okean Elzy, who starred in the video for the song "Cold".
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk joined the territorial defense battalion of Lviv Oblast on 7 March 2022.
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk has released nine studio albums together with his band, Okean Elzy:.
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