“Love forever”. Actor Nischuk dedicated a poignant post to his late mother (photo).

The former Minister of Culture and currently the artistic director of the National Theatre named after Ivan Franko, Yevhen Nischuk, published a post on Facebook dedicated to his mother, Hanna Nischuk. He shared memories of her and mentioned what remained most vividly in his memory from their shared moments.

According to Nischuk, today his mother would have turned 90 years old. The actor himself was the third child in the family, and his mother was always by his side - helping, inspiring, being kind and caring.

The theatre director remarked that a memory of a special moment remains forever in his mind: "painful, but pivotal" for him. According to the actor, this event changed him, "led him further along a troubled life path." He became "so sensitive to the processes of fighting for Ukrainian values".

"While still a schoolboy, when the first protest movements started on the basis of gaining independence, I clearly remember July 1989, the first protest anti-Soviet rally in Ivano-Frankivsk. Mom was at the forefront with other women to emphasize that the march was peaceful! But the Soviet authorities could not tolerate this. The protest was dispersed, Soviet militiamen began to beat people with batons. At home, I looked at my mom, her cut forehead, and blood on her face. Inside, everything was boiling and changing forever, prompting decisive actions," Nischuk recalled.

According to him, his mother was always there, supporting him during the 2004 Maidan, supporting during the 2013-2014 Maidan, and "worried immensely during the hottest days".

"Mom did not witness the full-scale invasion of the descendants of those Russians who beat her in '89 on the streets of her native Frankivsk. She passed away six years ago. But I catch her confidence in the eyes and love for everything Ukrainian in my daughter Annichka, and I still feel her strength. Love forever. Always missing," the actor wrote.

Nischuk added that his mother's words ring in his head daily: "Son - we fight for Ukraine!".

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