Nazar K. Mialikhulyiev (Poet)

Mialikhuliiev Nazar Kurbangeldyiovych was born on October 9, 1990 in the village of Kobylovoloki, Terebovlia district, Ternopil region, into the family of an ethnic Turkmen Kurbangeldyi Mialikhuliiev and a native of Western Ukraine. After graduating from Terebovlia Secondary School No. 2, he worked in the forestry with a break for military service in 2008-2010. He served under contract in a missile brigade, holding the position of a machine gunner mechanic, and later a tactical missile mechanic. In 2014, he was drafted during the third wave of mobilization. As part of the anti-aircraft battalion, Nazar Mialikhuliiev fought in the battles near the village of Krymske, and in 2015 in the area of the villages of Toshkivka, Orikkhove, and Novotoshkivske. A year after demobilization, he was at home. In August 2016, he underwent retraining courses for servicemen discharged into the reserve under the "Ukraine - Norway" project. In December 2016, he returned to the army. He served in an artillery brigade that was carrying out tasks in the Luhansk region at the time. In the summer of 2017, he resigned after the end of the contract and went to Europe to earn money, was at home for six months and returned to the front again. In 2022, Nazar Mialikhuliiev ended up at the front for the seventh time. He fought as part of the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade. He was killed on June 23, 2022 while performing a combat mission in the eastern direction of defense. He was buried in the village of Kozova, Ternopil region. He left behind a wife and three children.