Mykola Ye. Holiash

Holyash Mykola Yevhenovych was born on December 9, 1973, in the village of Olesyne, Kozivskyi district, Ternopil region. He graduated from the Ivano-Frankivsk Professional College of Physical Education of the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine, the Lviv State University of Physical Culture named after Ivan Boberskyi, and the coaching school of the Football Federation of Ukraine (Kyiv). He worked as a football coach at the Kozivska Children's and Youth Sports School No. 1, and later went to work in the Baltic countries. After returning, he registered in Kyiv, where he lived and worked for some time. He was a participant in the Anti-Terrorist Operation/Joint Forces Operation. In 2018, he signed a contract with one of the brigades. At the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, the contract was about to expire. He fought in the Bakhmut direction. He died in November 2022 while performing a combat mission. He was buried on November 26, 2022, in his native village.