Nazar Volodymyrovych Nebozhynskyi (, 23 January 1999, Rivne – 30 March 2022, Chernihiv Oblast) was a Ukrainian athlete, soldier, junior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Hero of Ukraine (2023).
Biography Nazar Nebozhynskyi was born on 23 January 1999 in Rivne. Nebozhynskyi played baseball. He was a baseball and softball coach.
He studied at the Rivne educational complex "Collegium". In 2016, he entered the National University of Water and Environmental Engineering. After graduation, he voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On 30 March 2022, in Chernihiv Oblast, Junior Sergeant Nazar Nebozhynskyi, an infantry fighting vehicle gunner, shot down three enemy "armor", but the last gun managed to work and fatally wounded him. Thus, at the cost of his own life, he saved 20 of his comrades.
Nazar Nebozhynskyi was buried on 4 April 2022 on the Alley of Heroes at the Nove Cemetery in Rivne.
Awards Hero of Ukraine with the Order "Golden Star" (29 September 2023, posthumously)Decree of the President of Ukraine from 29 September 2023 year № 660/2023 «Про присвоєння Н.Небожинському звання Герой України» Order for Courage, III class (20 April 2022, posthumously)Decree of the President of Ukraine from 20 April 2022 year № 265/2022 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України»
Commemorating the memory One of Rivne's streets is named after Nazar Nebozhynskyi.
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