Nazar Nebozhynskyi | |
Native Name Lang: | UKR |
Birth Date: | 23 January 1999 |
Birth Place: | Rivne |
Death Place: | Chernihiv Oblast |
Birth Name: | Nazar Volodymyrovych Nebozhynskyi |
Allegiance: | Ukraine |
Branch: | Armed Forces of Ukraine |
Rank: | Junior sergeant |
Battles: | Russo-Ukrainian War |
Nazar Volodymyrovych Nebozhynskyi (Ukrainian: Назар Володимирович Небожинський, 23 January 1999, Rivne – 30 March 2022, Chernihiv Oblast) was a Ukrainian athlete, soldier, junior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Hero of Ukraine (2023).
Nazar Nebozhynskyi was born on 23 January 1999 in Rivne.[1] Nebozhynskyi played baseball. He was a baseball and softball coach.[2]
Studies at the Rivne educational complex "Collegium". In 2016, he entered the National University of Water and Environmental Engineering. After graduation, he voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[3] [4]
On 30 March 2022, in Chernihiv Oblast, Junior Sergeant Nazar Nebozhynskyi, an infantry fighting vehicle gunner, shot down three enemy "armor", but the last gun managed to work and fatally wounded him. Thus, at the cost of his own life, he saved 20 of his comrades.[5]
Nazar Nebozhynskyi was buried on 4 April 2022 on the Alley of Heroes at the Nove Cemetery in Rivne.
One of Rivne's streets is named after Nazar Nebozhynskyi.[8]