Dmytro Hnatyuk
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Dmytro Hnatyuk (Ukrainian: Дмитро́ Миха́йлович Гнатю́к) was born March 28, 1925. He is a famous Ukrainian (and formerly Soviet) baritone opera singer.
Dmytro Hnatyuk was born in a village of Starosillya, now in Kitsmanskyi Raion (district) of Chernivtsi Oblast (province), Ukraine. He graduated from the Kiev Conservatory in 1951. He was a singer at the Kiev opera and ballet theatre appearing as a soloist in many songs. Dmytro sang in many operas by Ukrainian and worldwide composers. He received many awards in the Soviet Union and most recently, he was awarded with the Hero of Ukraine. the highest decoration of the Ukrainian state.
Dmytro was also a member of the Ukrainian Parliament in the 1998 - 2002 period.
