Petro O. Miroshnychenko

Born on January 1, 1985, in the city of Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast. Since May 1985, he lived in the urban-type settlement of Honcharivske, Chernihiv District, Chernihiv Oblast. In 2002, he graduated from Honcharivska Gymnasium, and in 2005 - from Chernihiv Cooperative Technical School. From April 2003 to October 2004, he served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 2003, he served in the 3rd Tank Company of the 300th Training Tank Regiment of the 169th Training Center of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1414, urban-type settlement of Desna, Kozelets District, Chernihiv Oblast), in 2003-2004 - in the 9th Tank Company of the 1st Separate Guards Tank Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1815, urban-type settlement of Honcharivske, Chernihiv District, Chernihiv Oblast), and in 2004 - in the security platoon of the 222nd Central Artillery Ammunition Base (military unit A1588, village of Rozsishky, Khrystynivka District, Cherkasy Oblast). On March 19, 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as the commander of a tank in the 1st Tank Platoon of the 4th Tank Company of the 2nd Tank Battalion of the 1st Separate Guards Tank Brigade of Novgorod, awarded the Orders of the Red Banner, Kutuzov, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Alexander Nevsky, and the Red Star (military unit A1815, urban-type settlement of Honcharivske, Chernihiv District, Chernihiv Oblast). Since the summer of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On August 13, 2014, soldier Miroshnichenko was killed during shelling near the urban-type settlement of Heorhiivka, Luhansk District. He was buried in the cemetery of the urban-type settlement of Honcharivske, Chernihiv District.