Igor Igorevich Kostenko [1] ( Ukrainian: Igor Igorovich Kostenko ; December 31, 1991 , Zubrets - February 20, 2014 , Kiev ) - Ukrainian journalist , geography student, activist of Euromaidan , Wikipedia editor . He died during the events of Euromaidan on Institutskaya Street . Hero of Ukraine (2014).
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 On Euromaidan
- 3 Wikipedia years
- 4 Awards
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Biography
Born in the village of Zubrets, Buchatsky district, Ternopil region . Igor's parents were on earnings in St. Petersburg , so he grew up with his grandparents [2] .
He studied at the Zubretsk secondary school of I-III levels, was interested in history and geography [3] . He studied in the fifth year of the Faculty of Geography, Ivan Franko Lviv National University, majoring in Organization Management [4] .
He worked as a journalist for the Sportanalitik online publication [5] . He was the initiator of the creation of the Russian-language sports online publication allsport24.com, the site was finally launched after his death [6] .
Igor Kostenko was an active editor of Ukrainian Wikipedia (nickname Ig2000 ) [7] . For two and a half years of participation, he created more than 280 articles, made more than 1600 edits. One of the written articles subsequently received the status of "good." He also took an active part in promoting Wikipedia on social networks, through which he tried to attract new editors [8] .
He was fond of sports, in particular football, was a fan of the Lviv “Carpathians” .
On Euromaidan
From the first days he took an active part in the events of Euromaidan , repeatedly traveled to Kiev . In particular, he was on the Maidan on the night of November 30, 2013, when the students were dispersed by the Golden Eagle. The last time I went to Kiev Euromaidan in the evening of February 18, 2014, and together with other Lviv residents began to help build barricades. On the morning of February 20, Igor was killed during a confrontation in the center of Kiev. His body was found near the October Palace (ICCA FPU) on Institutskaya Street. 2 bullets hit Igor: one in the head and the other in the chest [9] . In addition, fractures of leg bones were found in the deceased [10] .
Wikipedist of the Year
On August 10, 2014 in London at the closing ceremony of the annual Wikimania conference, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales proclaimed Igor Kostenko the Wikipedia of the Year [11] [12] . On September 13, 2014, Jimmy Wales presented the award to Igor Kostenko’s relatives in Kiev at the YES international annual conference.
Rewards
- The title of Hero of Ukraine with the award of the Golden Star Order (November 21, 2014, posthumous) - for civic courage, patriotism, heroic upholding of the constitutional principles of democracy, human rights and freedoms, selfless service to the Ukrainian people, shown during the Revolution of Dignity [13]
Notes
- ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 660/2014 On the Significance of the State Powers of Ukraine Archived on January 29, 2015.
- ↑ Lviv in complaint: glory to the Heroes and their memory! // Lviv post , 02.22.2014
- ↑ Oksana Chornіy . Heroes of Heavenly Hundreds of Zubretsya // Nova ext. - 2014. - No. 9 (28 lut.). - S. 5.
- ↑ Thousands of students from Lviv entered the college, having dropped into Єvromaydanі (photo) Archived on February 25, 2014. // 20 hvilin , 02/20/2014
- ↑ Igor Kostenko. The journalist "Sportanalika" heroically bending. Vіna memory
- ↑ Mriya hello! - allsport24.com
- ↑ At the Department of Geography, one of the most popular archival copies dated January 3, 2018 on the Wayback Machine // Visoksky Castle , 02.22.2014
- ↑ In Maidan, throwing a vikopedist Igor Kostenko // Blog Vіkomedia , 02.24.2014 .
- ↑ Two lvivs - a student and those who work - took their holidays in Kyiv // Gazeta.ua , 02.20.2014
- ↑ In the middle of this year, the Lviv journalist Igor Kostenka was recognized (updated) Archived December 18, 2014 at Wayback Machine // Institute of Mass Media Information , 02.20.2014
- ↑ Bent on Maydan Іgor Kostenka was called the ikopedist of rock // MediaSapiens , 08/11/2014. (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Britons trust Wikipedia 'more than the news' Archived November 29, 2014 on Wayback Machine // AFP , 08/10/2014 (eng.)
- ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine dated 11/21/2014 to Rock No. 890/2014 “On the assignment of a title to the Hero of Ukraine” (Ukrainian) (inaccessible link) . President of Ukraine. Official online representation ( 11/21/2014 ). Date of treatment November 22, 2014. Archived November 21, 2014.
Links
- Igor Kostenko - Heavenly Hundred
- “If something happens, say that I love her” // News , 02.21.2014
- Hero of Heavenly Hundreds from Ternopil region was named the best Wikipedist of the year - Zik TV channel, August 12, 2014