Ivan Nikitchanka's funeral to take place on November 22

The last farewell will take place at the address Ivanauskaya street, 38-32. The grave site is still unknown. Professor's widow Lidzia Alyakseeuna has informed to Radio Liberty that the administration of Uskhodniya cemetery refused them, and the Academy of Sciences does not want to help to organize the funeral.   Ivan Nikitchanka was outlived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, four grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Ivan Nikitchanka's son Jury does not exclude the possibility the funeral could take place at Zhodzina cemetery, near his mother's grave. 

The correspondent member of the Belarusian Academy of Science, a laureat of the USSR State Award, a well-known opposition figure and a Chernobyl movement activist, Professor Ivan Nikitchanka died in the road accident near Maladzechna on November 20.