Oleksii V. Kaliuzhnyi

Born on October 9, 1989, in the city of Sumy. In 2005, he graduated from the 9th grade of specialized school No. 25 in Sumy, and in 2008 - from the Sumy Professional Lyceum of Food Technology and Trade (since 2009 - Sumy Center for Vocational and Technical Education in Food Technology, Trade, and Restaurant Service). He served his mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In March 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 9th reactive battery of the 3rd reactive artillery division of the 27th reactive artillery regiment of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1476, city of Sumy). Since the summer of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On September 3, 2014, near the village of Pobeda in the Novoaidar district of Luhansk region, the base camp of the 27th reactive artillery regiment was shelled from the territory of the Russian Federation with the "Smerch" multiple launch rocket system. As a result of the shelling, 15 servicemen were killed, including Oleksiy Kalyuzhny. On March 26, 2015, he was buried in the Alley of Honorable Citizens at the Central Cemetery of Sumy. On September 11, 2015, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the facade of specialized school No. 25 in Sumy (Dekabristiv Street, 80) in honor of the graduates who died during the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine, among whom is the name of Oleksiy Kalyuzhny. In the city of Sumy, a memorial plaque was also installed on the facade of the Sumy Center for Vocational and Technical Education in Food Technology, Trade, and Restaurant Service (Romenska Street, 96), where Oleksiy Kalyuzhny studied.