It is with a very heavy heart, and a tear in my eye, that I inform everyone that sadly, after a lengthy battle with cancer, Ira finally passed away last night.
Ira was an inspiration to everyone that has ever been involved with the Dnipro Appeal. She has been involved in everything that we have done .. from our very first visit to the TB Sanatorium ahead of our game against FC Dnipro on the 29th of September 2005, right through to the orphanages trip to Kiev just a couple of weeks ago.
Putting so much passion and love into the Hibernian led charity makes her a Hibs Legend in my eyes.
I've written a small tribute that I put out on our mailing list this afternoon .. I hope it does her justice for the work she has done for our charity over the last 10 years.
Tribute to Ira Polyashova - Rest In Peace
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22-09-2015 01:26 PM #1@hibs.net private member
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Ira Polyashova - Hibs Legend
But you know it ain't all about wealth,
as long as you make a note to .. EXPRESS YOURSELF!
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22-09-2015 01:28 PM #2Coaching Staff
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So sad. RIP Ira.
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22-09-2015 01:29 PM #3Administrator
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Very sad, she seemed like a wonderful person.
PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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22-09-2015 01:31 PM #4Coaching Staff
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Absolutely a Hibs legend. Sounds like an incredible lady and I read the tribute you mailed out with a heavy heart.
I'm sure it will have been of great comfort to her to know that the Dnipro Charity and "our" commitment to it will not fade away now that she's sadly gone.
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22-09-2015 01:32 PM #5@hibs.net private member
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Sad news Stevie but her legacy is the fantastic work that the charity does for all those kids
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22-09-2015 01:32 PM #6Matron
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Very sorry to hear this. RIP Ira.
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22-09-2015 01:37 PM #7@hibs.net private member
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We can't claim to know this wonderful woman as you do SteveC, but there is no doubt she had a heart the size of a football. From where I'm sitting you're tribute very much gives us an insight into the work she was so dedicated to, and yes, it very much does do her justice.
Be at peace Ira.
Thoughts with family and friends.
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22-09-2015 01:38 PM #8Coaching Staff
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Sad news indeed, thoughts go out to her family and all the kids she helped.
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22-09-2015 01:41 PM #9@hibs.net private member
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What a wonderful tribute.
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22-09-2015 01:42 PM #10Testimonial Due
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Very sad news indeed. RIP Ira.
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22-09-2015 01:54 PM #11Testimonial due
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Ditto, and thoughts to Stevie too who had many dealings with Ira....... Her legacy marches on...... Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
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22-09-2015 02:03 PM #12@hibs.net private member
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Truly someone worthy of the title Hibs legend. Condolences to all who knew and worked with her, may she rest in peace
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22-09-2015 02:05 PM #13@hibs.net private member
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RIP Ira. You seemed a special person.
Well done to all you guys involved in the charity. You are providing her with a great legacy.
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22-09-2015 02:07 PM #14Coaching Staff
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Sad news .... my condolences to her family and everybody connected with Dnipro Kids who knew her, she was clearly a remarkable woman. Rest in peace Ira.
The great work of the Dnipro charity and those involved with it has brought a lot of good publicity to Hibs as a club and made folk like me just a wee bit more proud to say I'm a Hibs supporter. Its clear that Ira was an integral part of that, it would be nice to think that we could do something this Saturday to honour her memory.
As the OP alluded to, there's more than one way to qualify as a Hibs legend ........ can there be a better way than this.
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22-09-2015 02:09 PM #15@hibs.net private member
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Such sad news. What a huge loss for so many.
RIP Ira xx
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22-09-2015 02:21 PM #16Coaching Staff
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I believe Aberdeen fans got involved in the appeal too, too late for the clubs to do something tomorrow night?
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Very sad, delighted our team was associated with a wee bit of what this lady was about. RIP.
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Sir Matt Busby
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22-09-2015 03:23 PM #18Coaching Staff
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22-09-2015 03:25 PM #19@hibs.net private member
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Really sad news
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22-09-2015 03:29 PM #20Testimonial due
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Fantastic tribute, must have been so hard to write that................
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22-09-2015 03:30 PM #21
Rip Ira
The children whose lives you have touched will never forget you and you will always be fondly remembered by the Hibs family.
Well done to you Stevie, no man (or woman) could ask for a better tribute than the one you have bestowed on her.
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RIP Ira
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22-09-2015 03:44 PM #23First Team Breakthrough
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RIP Ira, very sad but a great legacy.
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22-09-2015 04:54 PM #24First Team Regular
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Desperately sad to hear this news. She was such a committed woman but all the children she helped will be her legacy. We owe it to her memory to keep going.
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22-09-2015 04:56 PM #25hfc rdLeft by mutual consent! Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
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Hope we do. She deserves a minutes applause/silence after all her work in the Dnipro appeal changing so many young orphanage kids' lives.
R.I.P. Ira
GGTTH
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22-09-2015 05:00 PM #26Ultimate Slaver
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Really sorry to hear that Stevie. She sounded like an incredible woman.
RIP Ira.
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22-09-2015 05:43 PM #27First Team Regular
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A Lady who truly was Hibs Class.
Rest in peace Ira...thank you
ggtth
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Very sad news Stevie, A truly inspirational lady who's caring nature will be missed tremendously.
Thoughts with yourself and all her family and friends at this sad time.
Taken too soon but she has without question, left a forever lasting impression.
R.I.P Ira
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22-09-2015 06:22 PM #29@hibs.net private member
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Sad news indeed, wonderful lady by all accounts and a great tribute Stevie, well said, and RIP Ira, sleep nice
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22-09-2015 06:33 PM #30First Team Regular
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RIP never ceases to amaze me how folk can be so strong in the face of death. Did not know her but she obviously carried on until she couldn't any longer.
A true inspiration by all account.
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