Michail Schysneuski

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Portrait of Schysneuski on a graffiti that reads Kill me - I will not give up

Mikhail Michajlawitsch Schysneuski ( Belarusian Міхаіл Міхайлавіч Жызнеўскі ; born January 26, 1988 in Homel , BSSR ; † January 22, 2014 in Kiev , Ukraine ) was a Belarusian journalist and political activist. Along with Sergei Nigojan, of Armenian descent, he was one of the Euromaidan's first victims .

Life

Schysneuski was born in Homel on January 26, 1988 . On September 11, 2005 , he moved to Bila Tserkva near Kiev . He was a member of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms and an activist of the far right UNA-UNSO .

Schysneuski took part in the Euromaidan protests and was gunned down on January 22, 2014 in Hrushevskoho Street in Kiev . He was one of the first victims of the Euromaidan, along with Sergei Nigojan, of Armenian origin. Schysneuski was buried in the village of Szjag Prazy in Gomel district .

Honors

Schynewski was awarded the title "Hero of the Heavenly Hundred" by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on November 28, 2014 , and on June 13, 2017, he was the first foreigner to posthumously receive the title Hero of Ukraine . A memorial was erected in his honor on Hrushevskohostrasse in Kiev . A street was named after him in the town of Owrutsch .

  • Commemoration for Schysneuski in St. Michael's Cathedral in Kiev

  • Commemoration for Schysneuski in St. Michael's Cathedral in Kiev

  • Funeral procession for Schysneusky in Kiev

  • Funeral procession for Schysneusky in Kiev

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chronology of the Ukrainian Revolution In: Euromaidanpress of June 8, 2014
  2. ↑ Nina Zhyzneuska remembers her son Mikhail and his death on the Maidan In: Euromaidanpress of October 24, 2015
  3. ↑ Belarusian Mikhail Zhyzneuski killed in Kyiv year ago In: Charter97.org of January 22, 2015
  4. ↑ Year without Mikhail Zhyzneuski. Will Belarus and Ukraine ever recognize him as hero? ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Belsat of January 23, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / stara.belsat.eu
  5. ↑ Для нас Михайло - українець у душі - Президент присвоїв Михайлу Жизневському званеня Герой Україgov.ua //
  6. ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 158/2017 // of March 27, 2017 (Ukrainian)
  7. ↑ Monument to Belarus-born Maidan hero unveiled in Kiev In: Euroradio from November 26, 2014
  8. ↑ Вуліца імя беларускага героя ва ўкраінскім горадзе (Belarusian)
personal data
SURNAME Schysneuski, Michail
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Жызнеўскі, Міхаіл Міхайлавіч (Belarusian); Schysneuski, Michail Michajlawitsch (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belarusian journalist and political activist
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Homel , BSSR
DATE OF DEATH 22th January 2014
Place of death Kiev , Ukraine