Biography of Marta Kolomyyetsʹ

Marta Kolomyyetsʹ (* 6. April 1959 in Chicago; † 16. August 2020 in Kyiv) was an ukrainian journalist and activist. She was 61 years old. Her education included William Howard Taft High School, University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. She worked at Fulbright Scholarship, The Ukrainian Weekly, United States Agency for International Development, US–Ukraine Foundation, Associated Press and Newsweek. Her faith was Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Her awards include Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class and Honored journalist of Ukraine. Her cause of death was acute myocardial infarction. She was buried at Baikove Cemetery.