Mykhailo Zhyznevskyi

Mykhailo Zhyznevskyi
Міхаіл Жызнеўскі (Belarusian) Михайло Жизневський (Ukrainian)
Born	(1988-01-26)January 26, 1988 Gomel, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	January 22, 2014(2014-01-22) (aged 25) Kyiv, Ukraine
Nationality	Belarusian
Citizenship	Belarus
Occupation	civic activist
Known for	Hero of the Heavenly Hundred

Mіkhaіl Mikhaylavich Zhyznyewski (Belarusian: Міхаіл Міхайлавіч Жызнеўскі; 26 January 1988 – 22 January 2014), also known as Mykhailo Mykhailovych Zhyznevskyi (Ukrainian: Михайло Михайлович Жизневський), was a Belarusian Euromaidan activist, journalist, and a member of UNA-UNSO. He died in a confrontation on Hrushevsky Street in Kyiv, Ukraine in January 2014, during the Euromaidan protests. Posthumously, he was the first foreigner to be awarded Hero of Ukraine, Ukraine's highest award.^[1]