Andrii V. Savchuk (Ytalianets)

Born on December 23, 1978, in the city of Pidhorodne, Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro) district of Dnipropetrovsk region. In 1995, he graduated from general education school No. 2 in Pidhorodne. From September 1, 1995, to August 12, 1996, he worked as a technical worker and laboratory assistant at general education school No. 2 in Pidhorodne. On September 1, 1996, he entered Dnipropetrovsk National University, which he graduated from on June 30, 2001, with a degree in "Social Work" and obtained the qualification of a social worker. From February to September 2000, and then from December 2000 to September 2001, he worked as a technical worker at general education school No. 2 in Pidhorodne. From September to November 2001, he worked as a specialist in the 1st operational department of the Center for Providing and Paying Benefits and Monitoring the Correct Assignment and Payment of Pensions and Targeted Cash Assistance of the Main Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration. From January to February 2002, he worked as a 1st category specialist in the department of state and local social guarantees and assistance of the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Zhovtneva District Council of Dnipropetrovsk (now the city of Dnipro). From October 2002 to April 2003, he studied at the Faculty of Postgraduate Education of Dnipropetrovsk National University named after Oles Honchar, majoring in "Public Administration." From 2005 to 2011, he worked in Italy in the culinary field. Since May 12, 2014, he served in the internal affairs bodies as a policeman in the patrol police battalion of special purpose "Dnipro-1" of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk region. From May to June 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On August 31, 2014, police private Savchuk died from injuries sustained on August 26, 2014, during an artillery shelling by Russian-terrorist groups of the observation post of the battalion located in general education school No. 14 in the city of Ilovaisk, Donetsk region. On September 2, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery of the city of Pidhorodne, Dnipropetrovsk district. On December 14, 2015, a memorial plaque was unveiled in the city of Pidhorodne, Dnipropetrovsk district, on the facade of general education school No. 2 (2 Dержавна Street), where Andriy Savchuk studied.