Mykhailo M. Teravskyi (Turyst)

Senior soldier Mykhailo Teravskyi (call sign Tourist) was killed on March 14, 2023 in the battle for the city of Vuhledar in the Donetsk region. During the enemy shelling of Ukrainian positions, he received fatal injuries. The defender was 41 years old. Mykhailo was from the village of Ivanivka in the Kyiv region. He received his secondary education at the local school. He later studied at the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, where he obtained the qualification of a systems engineer. From 2011, he worked as a technician repairing equipment at the Yasensviit poultry farm. In 2015-2016, he participated in the ATO, serving as a machine gunner in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was interested in sports, especially football, and constantly recorded the results of football matches and Olympics. He also enjoyed solving crosswords, sudoku, and puzzles. With the start of the full-scale war, the man returned to the ranks of the defenders and fought for the Motherland as part of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians. He was an operator of the anti-tank platoon. At first, he liberated the Kyiv region, and from the summer of 2022, he defended the Donbas. "Myshko was a calm and balanced person. And this calmness charged others, including his own family. He was good at teaching newcomers both at the poultry farm and in the army. When he was at the front, he never said that he was lacking anything. He did not seek a military career and did not see himself in this field at all, despite the praise of the leadership and offers of promotion (even in the ATO). However, he could not allow the war to reach our village in the Kyiv region," said the fallen warrior's sister. The hero was buried in the central cemetery of his native village of Ivanivka. Next to Mykhailo, his younger brother Sashko, who was killed when they were burying Mykhailo on March 21, 2023, is buried. The defender is survived by his mother Nadiia and younger sister Viktoriia. Mykhailo Teravskyi was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage of the III degree.