Vasyl Marmus
Vasyl Volodymyrovych Marmus (Ukrainian: Василь Володимирович Мармус; 26 April 1992, Chortkiv, Ternopil Oblast — 11 September 2022, Oskil, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine[2]) was a Ukrainian musician, actor, serviceman, soldier of the 80th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Son of a well-known Ukrainian dissident, member of the Rosokhach Group, Volodymyr Marmus.[3] BiographyVasyl Marmus was born on 26 April 1992 in Chortkiv, Ternopil Oblast.[4] Marmus studied at the Chortkiv Music School[5] and secondary school No. 5, graduated from the Prykarpatskyi Military and Sports Boarding Lyceum, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University.[4] Active participant in the Revolution of Dignity.[1] With the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he went to the front as a volunteer.[6][7] He served with the 80th air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He died on 11 September 2022 in Oskil, Kharkiv Oblast.[4][8] He was buried on 15 September 2022 in the Alley of Heroes of the Yahilnytskyi Cemetery in Chortkiv.[9][10][11] The parents, the wife, the daughter, the brother are left.[10] CreativityHe played many instruments, including the accordion, bandura, harmonica, and was an excellent trombone player. He was a member of the band "Oktava", for which he wrote the Christmas carol "Sviata Nich".[12] He was a member of the Ternopil Film Commission (2021, dreamed of creating a branch in Chortkiv). He played the role of an Enkavedist in the national non-fiction film Mariia (2021).[13][14] In 2022, before the invasion, Vasyl dedicated the song Braty po nevoli to his father Volodymyr.[12] Awards
Commemorating the memoryOn 13 October 2022, a memorial evening was held in memory of Vasyl Marmus at the Kateryna Rubchakova Cultural Services Center in Chortkiv.[17] In June 2023, the Chortkiv Art School was named after him.[5] On 4 September of the same year, a bas-relief to Vasyl Marmus was unveiled on the facade of the school, created by artists from Kyiv, Olha and Yakiv Bilenko.[18] References
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