Maksym Petrenko
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11 December 1983
Maksym Petrenko | |
|---|---|
| Максим Петренко | |
| Born | Maksym Vitaliovych Petrenko 11 December 1983 |
| Died | 1 June 2022 (aged 38) |
| Other names | Dotsent (Доцент)[1] |
| Alma mater | Open International University of Human Development "Ukraine" |
| Occupations | Writer, scientist, inventor, educator, soldier |
| Awards | Order for Courage, 3rd class |
Maksym Vitaliovych Petrenko (Ukrainian: Максим Віталійович Петренко; 11 December 1983 – 1 June 2022) was a Ukrainian writer, scientist, inventor, educator, soldier, senior soldier of the National Guard of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Candidate of Technical Sciences (2022), Docent.[1]
Maksym Petrenko was born on 11 December 1983 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR.[2]
In 2008, he graduated from the Open International University of Human Development "Ukraine" (with honors in Computer Environmental and Economic Monitoring), where he worked his way up from a laboratory assistant to the head of the Computer Engineering Department since 2003.[2][3] He studied in South Korea and developed programmable constructors.[1] In 2012, he ran 42 km during a marathon.[4]
An active participant in the Revolution of Dignity, he was a member of the Maidan Self-Defense.[3][4] At the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war, he volunteered to go to the front, where he fought in the 2nd Reserve Battalion of Operational Purpose of the National Guard of Ukraine.[1][5] He participated in the fighting near Debaltseve and Sloviansk. During his rotations, he continued to teach.[4] In 2016, he was demobilized.[1]
In 2018, Maksym enrolled in the Kyiv School of Economics under a program for veterans.[1]
From 24 February 2022, he was back at the front. He defended Kyiv and eastern Ukraine. He served as a senior rifleman and aerial reconnaissance officer of the Serhii Kulchytskyi Operational Battalion of the National Guard of Ukraine. He died on 1 June 2022 in Studenok, Kharkiv Oblast.[1][4]
He was buried in the Alley of Heroes of the Forest Cemetery in Kyiv.[1]
