Mykhailo Zhyznevskyi | |
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Міхаіл Жызнеўскі (Belarusian) Михайло Жизневський (Ukrainian) | |
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Died | January 22, 2014 | (aged 25)
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]