Yuri Lushchai | |
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Юрій Володимирович Лущай | |
File:Yuri Lushchai, Wikipedian, historian and poet.jpg | |
Born | Yuri Volodomyrovich Lushchai 10 February 1982 |
Died | March 28, 2024 | (aged 42)
Cause of death | Homicide |
Body discovered | Ivanivske, Donetsk Oblast |
Burial place | Mukachevo Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast |
Nationality | Ukraine |
Occupation(s) | Wikipedian, historian and poet |
Years active | 2009 - 2020 |
Known for | Contributing in Wikipedia |
Yuri Volodomyrovich Lushchai ( Ukrainian: Юрій Володимирович Лущай, romanized: Yuriy Volodomyrovich Lushchai, Russian: Юрий Владимирович Лущай, romanized: Yurii Vladimirovich Lushchai; 10 February 1982 – 28 March 2024) was a Ukrainian Wikipedian, historian and poet.
Lushchai was born on 10 February in 1982 in Kramatorsk. [1] His parents worked at a factory. [2]
Lushchai started to be interested in history while studying at school. [2] In 2006, he finished his master's degree in at the Faculty of History in National University of Kharkiv. [3] He was conducting historical researches. [2] In the early 2010s, he was a Ph.D. student at Kharkiv National Pedagogical University. [4] [5]
Lushchai worked as a teacher and lecturer. [2]
He began writing poems in Ukrainian in 1995. In 2000, Lushchai started to write rhymed poems, and in 2018, began writing fairy tales. He published a book in 2023. [2]
He wrote around than 300 articles [6]. In Russian Wikipedia, he was editor who was 122 among Wikipedians by the amount of edits made. His last edit was made on March, 25 [7]. He was also long-serving administrator in Russian Wikipedia.
In 2009, Lushchai registered on Russian Wikipedia. He became a patrolled user in 2012, and an administrator in 2018. Lushchai started approximately 300 articles. In 2015, 2017, and 2020, he was a member of Russian Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee. [3]
On 6 April 2022, after the beginning of Russian invasion of Ukraine, he moved with his family to the west of Ukraine. [1]
Lushchai enlisted in the Ukrainian Army in 2023, after several attempts.[ citation needed] He was killed in action while defending his native Donetsk Oblast. Starting from 28 March, he was regarded as missing. [2] Lushchai died near Ivanivske, Donetsk Oblast. He was buried on 10 April [1] [8] in Mukachevo Raion in Zakarpattia Oblast. [9]
Yuri Lushchai | |
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Юрій Володимирович Лущай | |
File:Yuri Lushchai, Wikipedian, historian and poet.jpg | |
Born | Yuri Volodomyrovich Lushchai 10 February 1982 |
Died | March 28, 2024 | (aged 42)
Cause of death | Homicide |
Body discovered | Ivanivske, Donetsk Oblast |
Burial place | Mukachevo Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast |
Nationality | Ukraine |
Occupation(s) | Wikipedian, historian and poet |
Years active | 2009 - 2020 |
Known for | Contributing in Wikipedia |
Yuri Volodomyrovich Lushchai ( Ukrainian: Юрій Володимирович Лущай, romanized: Yuriy Volodomyrovich Lushchai, Russian: Юрий Владимирович Лущай, romanized: Yurii Vladimirovich Lushchai; 10 February 1982 – 28 March 2024) was a Ukrainian Wikipedian, historian and poet.
Lushchai was born on 10 February in 1982 in Kramatorsk. [1] His parents worked at a factory. [2]
Lushchai started to be interested in history while studying at school. [2] In 2006, he finished his master's degree in at the Faculty of History in National University of Kharkiv. [3] He was conducting historical researches. [2] In the early 2010s, he was a Ph.D. student at Kharkiv National Pedagogical University. [4] [5]
Lushchai worked as a teacher and lecturer. [2]
He began writing poems in Ukrainian in 1995. In 2000, Lushchai started to write rhymed poems, and in 2018, began writing fairy tales. He published a book in 2023. [2]
He wrote around than 300 articles [6]. In Russian Wikipedia, he was editor who was 122 among Wikipedians by the amount of edits made. His last edit was made on March, 25 [7]. He was also long-serving administrator in Russian Wikipedia.
In 2009, Lushchai registered on Russian Wikipedia. He became a patrolled user in 2012, and an administrator in 2018. Lushchai started approximately 300 articles. In 2015, 2017, and 2020, he was a member of Russian Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee. [3]
On 6 April 2022, after the beginning of Russian invasion of Ukraine, he moved with his family to the west of Ukraine. [1]
Lushchai enlisted in the Ukrainian Army in 2023, after several attempts.[ citation needed] He was killed in action while defending his native Donetsk Oblast. Starting from 28 March, he was regarded as missing. [2] Lushchai died near Ivanivske, Donetsk Oblast. He was buried on 10 April [1] [8] in Mukachevo Raion in Zakarpattia Oblast. [9]