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Your father must have been a great man and someone you were proud of. The tribute you pay to him here is very beautiful

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He’s wonderful!

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Wow! What an incredible life and a wonderful example of a father and journalist. Thank you for sharing 🙌🏻

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reading’ haha

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Thanks for readinv!

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Oh this is amazing! What a wonderful story 🙌

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I really enjoyed this post. My grandparents were "real" journalists in the sense you describe, albeit in the rural USA, and I have definitely inherited the blunt, "too-direct" approach to things as well!

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That’s awesome, I actually really enjoy learning about journalism history in US as well, some cool things I found in nearby small towns.

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Thank you for writing and sharing your important history.

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Thank you for reading!

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Excellent content.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💙

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Thanks for sharing! very eye opening and gives perspective

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Thanks for reading!

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Feb 20Liked by Alexander Semenyuk

A fascinating account – thanks for sharing, Alexander. I think most of us who didn't grow up in the Soviet Union will always find it difficult to fully understand what it must have been like.

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Thank you! I try to bring some of that history into my blog

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Special man Alexander. ♥️

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Thanks for that, so kind!

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Feb 20Liked by Alexander Semenyuk

Your Dad sounds like he was a wonderful role model for you.

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For sure!

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Feb 22Liked by Alexander Semenyuk

Wow, what an incredible story about your dad. Thank you for sharing.

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Thanks for reading!

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Feb 22Liked by Alexander Semenyuk

That was so interesting! What a great guy- thank you for sharing.

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Thanks for reading my personal story ! p

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Feb 22Liked by Alexander Semenyuk

Direct and to the point is what we all need sometimes! Blessings to you.

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Blessings, thanks for reading!

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Feb 21Liked by Alexander Semenyuk

Great share!

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thanks!

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Enjoyed reading this post. My son is majoring in Journalism (also Conservation) at University and we've been having some lively discussions about PR, propaganda, etc.

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Awesome!

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Thanks for sharing

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Thank you for checking it out!

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Jun 17Liked by Alexander Semenyuk

Your father and I are from the same generation. Perhaps he was familiar with my friend, journalist, and writer Lyuba Kovalevska, who predicted the accident at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, where she worked as a newspaper editor in Pripyat a month before the catastrophe in her Literaturna Ukraina article, She received the Order of Courage in New York a little later. Your post stirred up a lot of memories.

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I will ask him!

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