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'{{Infobox person | name = Roman Ratushnyi | image = | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | other_names = | birth_name = {{lang-uk|Роман Тарасович Ратушний|label=none}}<br />Roman Tarasovych Ratushnyi | birth_date = {{birth date|1997|07|05|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Kyiv]], [[Kyiv Oblast]]<nowiki>, [[Ukraine]</nowiki> | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|06|09|1997|07|05|df=y}} | death_place = [[Izium Raion]], [[Kharkiv Oblast]], [[Ukraine]] | death_cause = [[Killed in action]] | nationality = Ukrainian | occupation = Journalist | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Roman Tarasovych Ratushnyi''' ({{lang-uk|Рома́н Тара́сович Ра́тушний}}; born [[July 5|5 July]] [[1997]]) was a [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] [[public figure]], [[journalist]], theorist of revolutionary neo-urbanism, including total resistance to urban neighborhoods as self-sufficient civic units, and a volunteer soldier. Euromaidan participant, author of original forms of municipal activism and resistance to corruption, which went far beyond environmental issues. He is known for the struggle for the preservation of the capital's [[Protasiv Yar]] tract, where he created new, urban traditions of the [[Kholodny Yar Republic|Kholodnyi Yar revolutionary order]]. He saw the Ukrainian language as a profound tool for restoring the power of Kyiv in its historical environment, introducing it in informal youth circles. During the full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, he became known for his direct calls for armed struggle against the [[Russians|Russian people]] who denied the existence of Ukrainian identity. Participant in the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]. During the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion in 2022]], he fought as a volunteer in the [[Battle of Kyiv (2022)|battle of Kyiv]], and later joined the 93rd separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces "[[93rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)|Kholodnyi Yar]]" as a military intelligence officer. He died in battle near [[Izium]] during the [[Battle of Donbas (2022)|battle of Donbas]]. After the publication of the mourning poetry of the classic of Ukrainian literature [[Lina Kostenko]] on the death of the Town Hall, his figure claims to be one of the symbols of the generation of young warriors of Kyivans. == Biography == Roman Tarasovych Ratushnyi was born on July 5, 1997 in Kyiv in the family of Taras Ratushnyi (activist of the Save Old Kyiv movement) and writer Svitlana Povaliaieva. In 2012 he entered the College of Finance and Law, received a law degree.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Досье: Ратушний Роман Тарасович - Український громадський діяч, журналіст, військовик |url=https://www.stopcor.org/ukr/dossier-person/person-ratushnij-roman-tarasovich.html |website=StopCor |language=uk |accessdate=2022-06-17}}</ref> In 2013, Roman took part in the [[Euromaidan]], with other students suffered from the Berkut attack on the night of November 30. In 2018 he headed the initiative "Let's protect [[Protasiv Yar]]", and in 2019 - the public organization of the same name. The initiative is aimed at preserving the green zone in Protasiv Yar in the center of Kyiv and preventing the construction that Daytona Group LLC intends to implement. The conflict between local residents and the developer escalated in early May 2019, when the developer erected a fence and announced to the local community plans to build three 40-storey buildings on the slope.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Скандальна забудова Протасового яру: у боротьбу вступила прокуратура |url=https://glavcom.ua/kyiv/news/skandalna-zabudova-protasovogo-yaru-u-borotbu-vstupila-prokuratura-657495.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301122132/https://glavcom.ua/kyiv/news/skandalna-zabudova-protasovogo-yaru-u-borotbu-vstupila-prokuratura-657495.html |archive-date=1 березня 2022 |website=glavcom.ua |language=uk |accessdate=2020-07-30}}</ref> Subsequently, the State Architectural and Construction Inspectorate issued an order forbidding the company to continue construction in the green zone, and on [[June 27]], 2020, the [[Kyiv City Council]] returned the 3.15-hectare plot of land in Protasiv Yar to the status of greenery. In October 2019, Roman Ratushnyi threatened him with physical violence and published recordings of relevant dialogues with Deputy Head of the Office of the President Andrii Smyrnov, and later [[Hennadiy Korban|Hennadii Korban]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Оприлюднено запис погроз заступника голови Офісу президента захиснику Протасового яру |url=https://glavcom.ua/kyiv/news/oprilyudneno-zapis-pogroz-zastupnika-golovi-ofisu-prezidenta-zahisniku-protasovogo-yaru-639201.html?1573482767 |website=glavcom.ua |language=uk |accessdate=2020-07-30}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Андрій Смирнов погрожував активістам Протасового Яру – Роман Ратушний розповів "Спостерігачу" |url=https://www.5.ua/suspilstvo/andrii-smyrnov-pohrozhuvav-aktyvistam-protasovoho-yaru-roman-ratushnyi-rozpoviv-sposterihachu-206004.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523174958/https://www.5.ua/suspilstvo/andrii-smyrnov-pohrozhuvav-aktyvistam-protasovoho-yaru-roman-ratushnyi-rozpoviv-sposterihachu-206004.html |archive-date=23 травня 2020 |website=5 канал |language=uk-UA |accessdate=2020-07-30}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2019-10-08 |title=Голова ініціативи "Захистимо Протасів Яр" заявив, що його можуть викрасти {{!}} ZMINA |url=https://zmina.info/news/golova-inicziatyvy-zahystymo-protasiv-yar-zayavyv-shho-jogo-mozhut-vykrasty/ |website=zmina.info |language=uk |accessdate=2020-07-30}}</ref> On this occasion, Ratushnyi appealed to the [[President of Ukraine]] [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2019-10-29 |title=Активіст Ратушний, який місяць переховується від погроз, просить Зеленського про зустріч {{!}} ZMINA |url=https://zmina.info/news/aktyvist-ratushnyj-yakyj-misyacz-perehovuyetsya-vid-pogroz-prosyt-zelenskogo-pro-zustrich/ |website=zmina.info |language=uk |accessdate=2020-07-30}}</ref> as well as the then [[Prosecutor General of Ukraine|Prosecutor General]] [[Ruslan Riaboshapka]], but no criminal proceedings were opened.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Активіст, що захищає Протасів яр, звернувся до Рябошапки за плівками Труби |url=https://glavcom.ua/kyiv/news/aktivist-shcho-zahishchaje-protasiv-yar-zvernuvsya-do-ryaboshapki-za-plivkami-trubi-645029.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214150048/https://glavcom.ua/kyiv/news/aktivist-shcho-zahishchaje-protasiv-yar-zvernuvsya-do-ryaboshapki-za-plivkami-trubi-645029.html |archive-date=14 лютого 2022 |website=glavcom.ua |language=uk |accessdate=2020-07-30}}</ref> The activist's threats were never investigated. For some time he hid through them because he feared for his life.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Активіст Роман Ратушний: Забудова Протасового Яру – бочка, в якій лежить порох і київської, і дніпровської мафії |url=https://vybory.pravda.com.ua/articles/2019/11/25/7150091/ |website=Вибори вибори |accessdate=2022-06-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Протасів Яр та «Справа Казимира Малевича». Що відомо про 24-річного активіста Романа Ратушного, який загинув під Ізюмом |url=https://nv.ua/ukr/ukraine/events/roman-ratushniy-foto-biografiya-zagiblogo-pid-izyumom-24-richnogo-biycya-novini-ukrajini-50249795.html |website=nv.ua |language=uk |accessdate=2022-06-14}}</ref> During the [[2020 Ukrainian local elections|2020 local elections]], he ran for the [[Kyiv City Council]] of the 9th convocation from [[Vitali Klitschko|Vitali Klitschko's]] [[Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform|UDAR party]], without being a member of the party. Roman took part in rallies in support of imprisoned Odesa activist [[Serhii Sternenko]]. After another action dedicated to Serhiy's birthday on March 20, 2021, the Town Hall was sent under 24-hour house arrest by the decision of the Pechersk District Court of March 29. He was suspected of [[hooliganism]]. Proof of the prosecutor's office was a photo in which Ratushnyi was allegedly recognized by witnesses. The photo is a black background and white dots on it. On social networks, the case has already been dubbed the "Case of [[Kazimir Malevich]]" with reference to the artist's most famous painting "[[Black Square (painting)|Black Square]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=On the wire: How activist Roman Ratushnyi lives under house arrest |url=https://kyiv.depo.ua/ukr/kyiv/na-droti-yak-zhive-pid-domashnim-areshtom-aktivist-roman-ratushniy-202104091307540 |назва=На дроті: Як живе під домашнім арештом активіст Роман Ратушний |автор=Катерина Ейхман |дата=2021-04-10 |вебсайт=kyiv.depo.ua |мовою=uk |дата-доступу=2022-06-14}}</ref> === 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine === After the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, Ratushnyi became a volunteer in the ranks of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, created a unit of "Protasov Yar". He first defended Kyiv, later acted in the Sumy region, participated in the deoccupation of settlements in the oblast. From the beginning of April, Ratushnyi fought in the [[Kharkiv Oblast]], in particular in the Izium district, in the reconnaissance platoon of the 2nd Motorized Infantry Battalion of the 93rd Separate [[93rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)|Mechanized Brigade of the Kholodnyi Yar]] Armed Forces.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Був кращим з нас": загинув Роман Ратушний - активіст, який захищав Протасів Яр від забудовників |url=https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/styler/byl-luchshim-nas-pogib-roman-ratushnyy-aktivist-1655201042.html |website=РБК-Украина |language=ru |accessdate=2022-06-14}}</ref> He died in [[Battle of Izium (2022)|battle of Izium]] on June 9, 2022, in an enemy ambush.<ref>{{Cite web |title=В бою під Ізюмом загинув київський активіст Роман Ратушний, – ГО "Захистимо Протасів Яр" |url=https://lb.ua/society/2022/06/14/520006_boyu_pid_izyumom_zaginuv_kiivskiy.html |website=lb.ua |language=uk |accessdate=14 червня 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-14 |title=In memoriam. На Ізюмському напрямку загинув Роман Ратушний, громадянин і воїн |url=https://novynarnia.com/2022/06/14/roman-ratushnyi/ |website=novynarnia.com |language=uk |accessdate=2022-06-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ПравдаТУТ - Батько Ратушного розповів про обставини загибелі сина |url=https://pravdatut.ua/news/100243 |website=pravdatut.ua |accessdate=2022-06-16}}</ref> The funeral service took place on June 18 in [[St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery|St. Michael's Cathedral]], followed by a farewell on [[Maidan Nezalezhnosti|Maidan Nezalezhnosty]] (under the [[Independence Monument, Kyiv|stele]]). Roman Ratushnyi was buried in [[Baikove Cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-17 |title=У Києві прощались із загиблим на фронті активістом Романом Ратушним {{!}} ZMINA |url=https://zmina.info/news/u-kyyevi-poproshhayutsya-iz-zagyblym-na-fronti-aktyvistom-romanom-ratushnym/ |website=zmina.info |language=uk |accessdate=2022-06-17}}</ref> == Family == Father — Taras Ratushnyi, activist of the movement "Save the old Kyiv"; mother — writer Svitlana Povaliaieva. == Honoring the memory == In the capital, in honor of Roman Ratushnyi, it is proposed to rename Volhohradska Street in the [[Solomianskyi District]]. This proposal was made by the writer Yevhen LIr.<ref>{{Cite web |title=У Києві пропонують перейменувати вулицю біля Протасового Яру на честь загиблого активіста Романа Ратушного |url=https://life.pravda.com.ua/society/2022/06/15/249115/ |website=Українська правда _Життя |accessdate=2022-06-15}}</ref> [[Vakhtang Kipiani]] (on behalf of Historical Pravda) also initiated the establishment of a nominal award for young authors for publications on the history of Kyiv.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Марків |first=Наталка |date=15 червня 2022 |title=У столиці може з’явитися премія імені Романа Ратушного для молодих авторів за публікації щодо історії Києва |work=«Вечірній Київ» |url=https://vechirniy.kyiv.ua/news/67756/ |accessdate=15 червня 2022}}</ref> And the newspaper "News" announced the creation of a "premium fund" News "named after Roman Ratushny" for increased fees for reports on those who participated in the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] on the side of Ukraine. The fund was formed from funds donated to the publication by Roman Ratushny's mother Svitlana Povaliaieva, which came to her from philanthropists in response to his death. == References == <references /> [[Category:1997 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:People of the Euromaidan]] [[Category:Ukrainian journalists]] [[Category:Ukrainian military personnel killed in the Russo-Ukrainian War]] [[Category:Ukrainian military personnel killed in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] [[Category:Burials at Baikove Cemetery]]'