Taras V. Zozulia

Born on March 9, 1993, in the city of Stebnik, Drohobych City Council, Lviv Oblast. In 2008, he graduated from the 9th grade of general education school No. 11 in Stebnik, and in 2012 - from Drohobych Oil College (now Drohobych College of Oil and Gas, city of Drohobych, Lviv Oblast). Since 2012, he studied part-time at the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas in the field of "Geology." From November 14, 2012, to November 5, 2013, he served in the 54th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Pruhtsko-Pomeranian Battalion, awarded the Orders of Alexander Nevsky, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi of the 3rd degree, and Mikhail Kutuzov of the 3rd degree of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A2076, city of Novograd-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr Oblast). He served under contract in the 80th Separate Airborne Red Banner Brigade of the High Mobility Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0284, city of Lviv). Since the summer of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On August 31, 2014, soldier Zozulia was killed during a battle near Luhansk International Airport. On September 7, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery on Mekelity Street in Stebnik. On January 22, 2015, in the city of Stebnik, Drohobych City Council, a memorial plaque was unveiled at general education school No. 11 (P. Kulish Street, 3), and on June 25, 2015, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the facade of the Drohobych College of Oil and Gas (Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Street, 57), where Taras Zozulia studied. On November 3, 2016, during a session of the Drohobych City Council, Lviv Oblast, a decision was made to name general education school No. 11 in Stebnik after Taras Zozulia. On September 20, 2017, a memorial sign was unveiled in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk on the territory of the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas (Karpatska Street, 15) for students who died during the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine, among whom was the name of Taras Zozulia.