Leonid Petrovich Polyansky ( October 24, 1975 , Zhmerynka - February 20 , 2014 , Kiev ) - activist of Euromaidan . The railwayman. He was wounded by a sniper in the chest in the morning of February 20, 2014 on the street. Institute. Public recognition belongs to the Heavenly Hundred . One of the two residents of Zhmerynka who died on Euromaidan. Catholic. Hero of Ukraine .
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Biography
He worked as a railwayman in Zhmerynka, in recent years he lived and worked in Kiev.
On Maidan
He took an active part since the beginning of the protests on Independence Square. He became a member of the Maidan Self-Defense .
He died as a result of a gunshot wound to the chest. The body was found in a morgue on the Orangery. The funeral took place in Zhmerynka. He was buried in the local Roman Catholic cemetery.
Memory
He was buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery in Zhmerynka.
Rewards
- The title 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, discovered during the Revolution of Dignity [1]
- Medal “For Sacrifice and Love for Ukraine” ( UOC-KP , June 2015) (posthumous) [2]
See also
- List of dead members of Euromaidan
- Terror against Euromaidan
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Patriarch Filaret having awarded ceremonial medals to relatives of heroes of the Heavenly Hundreds // TSN, 5 Lipnya 2015