Borys Kovtonyuk
Borys Kovtonyuk | |
|---|---|
| Борис Ковтонюк | |
 Kovtonyuk in 2016 | |
| Born | 28 September 1948 Ternove, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Died | 12 August 2025 (aged 76) Dnipro, Ukraine |
| Occupation | Writer |
Borys Musiyovych Kovtonyuk (Ukrainian: Борис Мусійович Ковтонюк; 18 September 1948 – 12 August 2025) was a Ukrainian journalist, writer and local historian.
Life and career
Borys Kovtoniuk was born on 18 September 1948 in the village of Ternove, Velykomykhailivska, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[1] He worked as an electrician before enrolling at the Faculty of Journalism of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv in 1970. From 1977 to 1980, he held several head posts at the Builder of Communism newspaper.[2] In 1980 he moved to Dnipro, where he worked as a correspondent, photojournalist, deputy editor-in-chief of the All-Ukrainian transport weekly Prydniprovska Magistral until he retired in 2008.[3]
Kovtonyuk died in Dnipro on 12 August 2025, at the age of 76.[4]
References
- ^ "Ковтонюк Борис Мусійович - Літературна Покровщина - Краєзнаство - Каталог статей - КЗК «Покровська бібліотека»". pokrlib.at.ua. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ Ковтонюк, Борис Мусійович (2018). Таємні дороги запорожців: краєзнавчі нариси (in Ukrainian). Innovacija. ISBN 978-966-8676-55-0.
- ^ "Письменник та журналіст Борис Ковтонюк збирає фігурки козаків". Gorod.dp.ua. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ pradmin24 (12 August 2025). "У Дніпрі помер відомий журналіст Борис Ковтонюк". Дніпро Регіон - новини Дніпра та регiону (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 August 2025.
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