Viktor V. Dorozhko

Dorozhko Viktor Valeriiovych was born in 1965. He is a resident of Lviv. He is known as the author of 12 metal knights that have been decorating the Svobody Avenue since 2014 - the Knights Gallery - in co-authorship with his son Dorozhko Andrii Viktorovych in the creative blacksmith project "KUZNIA KRUK" - which ceased its operations after the full-scale invasion. He is a graduate of Lviv Lyceum No. 5. He graduated from the Lviv Vocational Railway Lyceum, obtaining a secondary specialized education in the field of metalworking. The city is filled with many of his blacksmith works, both in the historical part and in the region, one of the notable works being the cathedral (bishop's throne) in the Church of the Ascension of the Lord (Syhnivka). He is also known for his sculptural weather vanes "Rooster". On 24.02.2022, he voluntarily joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a private soldier in the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine) and was killed in battles with the aggressor during the repulsion of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Popasna).