1990 he was elected a member of the Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences. In 1993 Rudenko was awarded the State Taras Shevchenko Prize for Literature. In 1998, his memoirs were published under the title "Найбільше диво - життя" (The Greatest Miracle is Life: Memoirs). Soviet Union Ukraine Sources Lesya Verba, Bohdan Yasen. The Human Rights Movement in Ukraine. Smoloskyp Publishers (1980) Carynnyk, Marco. Ukraine and the Helsinki Accords: Soviet Violations of Human Rights, 1975-1980. World Congress of Free Ukrainians (1980) Monument of Dissident Movement Biography Subtelny, Orest. Ukraine: A History University of Toronto Press (2000) Swoboda Victor. The Evolution of Mykola Rudenko's Philosophy in His Poetry // Studia Ucrainica. – 1988. – № 4. – P. 76-84. 1920 births 2004 deaths People from Luhansk Oblast People from Donetsk Governorate Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni Ukrainian science fiction writers Ukrainian novelists Ukrainian poets Soviet military personnel of World War II from Ukraine Soviet dissidents Ukrainian dissidents Soviet human rights activists Ukrainian human rights activists Ukrainian Helsinki Group Soviet prisoners and detainees Expelled members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Soviet expellees People denaturalized by the Soviet Union Soviet emigrants to Germany Soviet emigrants to the United States Ukrainian radio personalities Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty people Soviet rehabilitations Recipients of the title of Hero of Ukraine Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize Burials at Baikove Cemetery Soviet poets