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Serhii Kulchytskyi

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Petrovych and the family name is Kulchytsky.
Serhii Kulchytskyi
Native name
Сергій Петрович Кульчицький
Birth nameSerhii Petrovych Kulchytskyi
Born(1963-12-17)17 December 1963
Weimar, Efurt, East Germany (now Weimar, Thuringia, Germany)
Died29 May 2014(2014-05-29) (aged 50)
Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast/Donetsk People's Republic, Ukraine
Allegiance
Service / branch Ukrainian National Guard
RankMajor general
CommandsWestern Territorial Command of Internal Troops (deputy commander)
Battles / wars
AwardsHero of Ukraine Order of the Gold Star (Posthumous)
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, III class
Order for Courage, III class

Serhii Petrovych Kulchytskyi (Ukrainian: Сергій Петрович Кульчицький; 17 December 1963 – 29 May 2014) was head of the military and special training directorate at the National Guard of Ukraine. Gen Kulchytskyi was killed during the Siege of Sloviansk, when his helicopter was downed by armed pro-Russian separatists. 1st National Guard Battalion received his honorary name.

Military career

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Serhii Kulchytskyi had a military upbringing. His father served with Soviet forces stationed in East Germany. Kulchytskyi graduated from the Ussuriysk military college in the Soviet Far East in 1981. He went on to train at the Far Eastern Higher Military Command School in the city of Blagoveshchensk, attaining a distinction in 1985. His military career began with the role of marine platoon commander at the Soviet Northern Fleet, based in Murmansk. Kulchytskyi served in the Soviet Northern Fleet until the dissolution of the Union. Once Ukraine became an independent state, Kulchytskyi moved to western Ukraine and became deputy commander of a National Guard battalion in Ternopil in 1992. Moving up the ranks, he became the battalion's commander in 1994. In 2010 he was appointed deputy commander of the Western Command of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's troops by President Viktor Yanukovych.[1]

Death

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Serhiy Kulchytskyi's tombstone on the field of honorary burials at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv

Kulchytskyi was travelling with soldiers to the Mount Karachun base near Sloviansk when their MI-8 helicopter was shot down by pro-Russian separatists armed with anti-aircraft weapons. The Major-General, six other National Guardsmen, and six special forces of the Interior Ministry were all killed. At the time, he was the highest-ranking officer to be killed in action.[2]

Funeral

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Kulchytskyi's funeral procession took place on 31 May, in the western city of Lviv at the Lychakiv Cemetery.[3]

Legacy

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Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko congratulated the 27th Brigade of the National Guard with the title of the "Serhii Kulchytskyi Battalion", after Kulchytskyi.[3]

Awards

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Personal life

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Kulchytskyi was married with a son.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c BBC.org Obituary of Maj. Gen. Serhiy Kulchytsky
  2. ^ Euromaidan
  3. ^ a b true-news.info
  4. ^ "Указ Президента України № 544/2014 від 20 червня 2014 року «Про присвоєння С.Кульчицькому звання Герой України»". Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Указ Президента України № 745/2008 від 20 серпня 2008 року «Про відзначення державними нагородами України»". Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Указ Президента України № 584/99 від 28 травня 1999 року «Про нагородження відзнаками Президента України військовослужбовців Національної гвардії України»". Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
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