Yuliia Shevchenko (activist)
Yuliia Shevchenko | |
|---|---|
| Юлія Шевченко | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yuliia Andriivna Shevchenko 18 June 1999 Kyiv |
| Died | 31 July 2023 (aged 24) Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Ukraine |
| Branch/service | Armed Forces of Ukraine |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Battles/wars | Russo-Ukrainian War |
| Awards | Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi |
Yuliia Andriivna Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Андріївна Шевченко, 18 June 1999,[1] — 31 July 2023[2]) was a Ukrainian civic activist, poet, soldier, lieutenant of the 47th Mechanized Brigade[2] of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Biography[edit]
Yuliia Shevchenko was born on 18 June 1999 in Kyiv, where she studied at Lyceum #241 (2016,[3] with a silver medal).[4][2][5]
She participated in the Revolution of Dignity and helped medics.[6][2]
She graduated from the Military Department of the National Guard Military Academy of Ukraine (2020)[2] and the Faculty of Prosecution[3] of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (2022, with honors, specialty "lawyer"[2]). In the same year, she became a postgraduate student at the Department of Criminal Law at her alma mater.[5]
In 2021, while studying in her 5th year, she won the Anti-Corruption Landing Project. Since then, she has worked in the department of mandatory full inspections of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention.[5]
She also wrote poetry.[6]
With the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Yuliia voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[2] She served as the deputy commander for moral and psychological support of the 47th Mechanized Brigade.[5]
She died on 31 July 2023 in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[2][5]
The funeral took place at St Volodymyr's Cathedral.[2] She was buried on 5 August 2023 in her hometown.[5]
She is survived by her parents and her fiancé Taras.[5]
Awards[edit]
- Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, 3rd class (24 August 2023, posthumously)[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "У Києві попрощались із 24-річною захисницею Юлією Шевченко". Вечірній Київ. 5 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Вікторія Микитюк (17 August 2023). ""Зранку Юля написала мені, що їй недобре, а ввечері в їх будівлю прилетіли керовані авіабомби": наречений надягнув обручку коханій в труні". Факти.
- ^ a b "Борючись за свободу України, загинула аспірантка кафедри кримінального права Університету, заступниця командира з морально-психологічного забезпечення Юлія Шевченко". Національний юридичний університет імені Ярослава Мудрого. 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Пам'яті співробітниці НАЗК, військової Юлії Шевченко". Укрінформ. 8 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Юлія Шевченко". Платформа пам'яті Меморіал.
- ^ a b Наталія Васюнець (20 August 2023). "Війна забрала життя 24-річної лейтенантки ЗСУ Юлії Шевченко. "Юля сама просилася у бій"". Експрес.
- ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 24 August 2023 year № 515/2023 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)