Bohdan Seniuk | |
Native Name Lang: | UKR |
Birth Date: | 15 March 2001 |
Birth Place: | Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine |
Death Place: | Kherson Oblast, Ukraine |
Nickname: | Bahdad (Багдад)[1] |
Birth Name: | Bohdan Olehovych Seniuk |
Allegiance: | Ukraine |
Branch: | Armed Forces of Ukraine |
Rank: | Soldier |
Battles: | Russo-Ukrainian War |
Awards: | Honorary Citizen of Ternopil |
Bohdan Olehovych Seniuk (Ukrainian: Богдан Олегович Сенюк; 15 March 2001 — 7 August 2023) was a Ukrainian scout, serviceman, soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Bohdan Seniuk was born on 15 March 2001 in Ivano-Frankivsk.[1] [2]
Later he moved to Ternopil with his family.[1]
Seniuk graduated from the History Department of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. He defended his thesis in Sievierodonetsk.[1]
From 2012 he was a member of Plast, and a member of the Tampliierys group of the 13th Oleksa Dovbush Kuren in Ternopil. He was a participant in actions and trips, including "Stezhkamy Heroiv" and "Den Plastyna".[1] Additionally he was a member of the public organisation "Tradytsiia and Poriadok".[1]
At the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was at the front. He served as a machine gunner in the Revansh tactical group, with which he participated in the battles for Kyiv, Bakhmut, Sievierodonetsk, and Kherson. He had a mild concussion.[1]
In October 2022, he was transferred to another special unit.[1]
Bohdan Seniuk died on 7 August 2023 during a combat mission on the left bank of the Dnipro River (Kherson Oblast). He was 22.[1] Seniuk was buried on 21 August, at the Pantheon of Heroes of the Mykulynetskyi Cemetery in Ternopil.[3]