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Yuri Lushchai
Юрій Володимирович Лущай
File:Yuri Lushchai, Wikipedian, historian and poet.jpg
Lushchai in 2011
Born
Yuri Volodomyrovich Lushchai

10 February 1982
DiedMarch 28, 2024(2024-03-28) (aged 42)
Cause of deathHomicide
Body discoveredIvanivske, Donetsk Oblast
Burial placeMukachevo Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast
Nationality (legal)Ukraine
Occupation(s)Wikipedian, historian and poet
Years active2009 - 2020
Known forContributing in Wikipedia

Yuri Volodomyrovich Lushchai (Ukrainian: Юрій Володимирович Лущай, romanizedYuriy Volodomyrovich Lushchai, Russian: Юрий Владимирович Лущай, romanizedYurii Vladimirovich Lushchai; 10 February 1982 – 28 March 2024) was a Ukrainian Wikipedian, historian and poet.

Early life and education[edit]

Lushchai was born on 10 February in 1982 in Kramatorsk.[1] His parents worked at a factory.[2]

Lushchai started to be interested in history while studying at school.[2] In 2006, he finished his master's degree in at the Faculty of History in National University of Kharkiv.[3] He was conducting historical researches.[2] In the early 2010s, he was a Ph.D. student at Kharkiv National Pedagogical University.[4][5]

Career and writing[edit]

Lushchai worked as a teacher and lecturer.[2]

He began writing poems in Ukrainian in 1995. In 2000, Lushchai started to write rhymed poems, and in 2018, began writing fairy tales. He published a book in 2023.[2]

As a Wikipedian[edit]

He wrote around than 300 articles[6]. In Russian Wikipedia, he was editor who was 122 among Wikipedians by the amount of edits made. His last edit was made on March, 25[7]. He was also long-serving administrator in Russian Wikipedia.

Personal life and death[edit]

In 2009, Lushchai registered on Russian Wikipedia. He became a patrolled user in 2012, and an administrator in 2018. Lushchai started approximately 300 articles. In 2015, 2017, and 2020, he was a member of Russian Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee.[3]

On 6 April 2022, after the beginning of Russian invasion of Ukraine, he moved with his family to the west of Ukraine.[1]

Lushchai enlisted in the Ukrainian Army in 2023, after several attempts.[citation needed] He was killed in action while defending his native Donetsk Oblast. Starting from 28 March, he was regarded as missing.[2] Lushchai died near Ivanivske, Donetsk Oblast. He was buried on 10 April[1][8] in Mukachevo Raion in Zakarpattia Oblast.[9]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Микола Жалнін (11 April 2024). ""Я все-таки дожив до 42 років": на Закарпатті попрощалися із загиблим на війні краматорцем". Kramatorsk Post (in Ukrainian).
  2. ^ a b c d e f Антон Малиновський (11 April 2024). ""Ми за свободу боролись скільки було наших сил": захищаючи Донеччину загинув поет з Краматорська Юрій Лущай". Pro100media (in Ukrainian).
  3. ^ a b "Участник:Юрий Владимирович Л." Russian Wikipedia (in Russian).
  4. ^ "Програма конференції "Християнізаційні впливи в Київській Русі за часів князя Оскольда: 1150 років"". religions.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  5. ^ Лущай, Ю.В. (2015). "ЛЕКСИЧЕСКИЕ ЗАИМСТВОВАНИЯ ИЗ СЛАВЯНСКИХ ЯЗЫКОВ В ЗАПАДНОЕВРОПЕЙСКИХ ИСТОЧНИКАХ XIII-XV вв" (PDF).
  6. ^ Под Артемовском погиб один из администраторов русскоязычной "Википедии"
  7. ^ Один из администраторов русской «Википедии» погиб под Бахмутом
  8. ^ На Закарпатті попрощалися із полеглим на війні Юрієм Лущаєм
  9. ^ Под Бахмутом погиб украинский историк, который писал статьи для "Википедии"

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