Boris Oleynik

Boris Oleynik (; 22 October 1935 – 30 April 2017) was a Ukrainian poet, translator, and politician. He served on the Verkhovna Rada from 1992 to 2006. He was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He was a communist. He taught cultural and diplomatic studies at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. 
Oleynik died on 30 April 2017 of heart failure in Kiev, Ukraine, aged 81.