Andrukhovych, Yuri

Yuri Andrukhovych was born March 13, 1960 in Ivano- Frankivsk, Ukraine. In 1985 he co-founded the Bu-Ba-Bu group, which stands for , , 'burlesque, side-show, buffoonery' together with Oleksandr Irvanets and Viktor Neborak. Andrukhovych writes in Ukrainian and is known for his pro-Ukrainian and pro-European views, however he is rarely considered a Ukrainian nationalist, a charge he fiercely denies himself. In his interviews, he said he respected both the Ukrainian and Russian languages and claims his opponents do not understand that the very survival of the Ukrainian language is threatened. Dur...