The sad news came about the death of a former student of the Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations, graduate student Roman Bohdanovych Tyutsyak, who was killed during the initiation of hostilities near the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
Roman Tyutsyak was born on February 20, 1992 in the village of Radcha Tysmenytsky (now Ivano-Frankivsk) district. He was educated at a local secondary school. In 2009–2014, he studied at the “History” specialty of the Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. Obtained bachelors and master’s degrees. In 2014–2018, he studied at a postgraduate course at the Department of Slavic History. Actively worked on a candidate’s thesis devoted to the religious policy of the Russian Empire in Galicia during the First World War.
In the summer of 2018, he married Ruslana, at that time a student at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. In 2020, a son was born to a couple of young teachers. Lived in Ivano-Frankivsk. Roman worked as a history teacher, construction worker, including in Poland.
With the full-scale Russian invasion, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On May 8, 2023, he died in battles near the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
Roman will forever remain in our hearts, as he was – a friendly, smiling, honest, decent, responsible, great patriot of Ukraine. It is difficult to find words of consolation, it is impossible to heal the pain and bitterness from the loss of a loved one, but may the good, bright memory of the late defender become stronger than death and forever remain in the memory of relatives, friends, comrades-in-arms, everyone who knew him, loved and respected.
We grieve together with you; we bow our heads low in sorrow. May the soul of the fallen defender find eternal peace. Heroes do not die they remain in our hearts!
Eternal memory and glory to the Ukrainian soldier who defended his native Ukraine and each of us!