The award was also given to Anatoliy Solovyanenko and Andrii Shevchenko.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and his wife Olena took participation in the award ceremony “National Legend of Ukraine”. This year, the honor was awarded to nine people, three of them posthumously, the press service of the head of state reports.
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So, People's Artist of Ukraine Maria Prymachenko was awarded the distinction. The award was received by Ihor Kozhan, general director of the Andrey Sheptytskyi National Museum in Lviv, where the artist's works are currently being exhibited.
“Her name is included in the World Encyclopedia of Art. UNESCO declared 2009 the year of Maria Prymachenko. And on May 5 of this year, her painting entitled “Flowers grew around the fourth block” was sold at a charity auction for almost 15 million hryvnias, which were donated to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. That is, even today, a quarter of a century after her death, Maria Prymachenko lives and actually continues to help Ukraine. And today, Ukraine finally says “thank you” to her and pays tribute to her in accordance with her contribution and merits, officially and forever recognizes that she is our great Ukrainian artist. A great Ukrainian woman. Maria Oksentiivna Prymachenko is a national legend of Ukrainian painting,” Zelenskyi said.
The opera soloist, leading stage master of the National Opera of Ukraine in 1963-1992, People's Artist and Hero of Ukraine Anatoly Solovyanenko and the head of the flight safety service – senior inspector-pilot of the Command of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Hero of Ukraine Colonel Ihor were also posthumously awarded Bedzaya
This year, the chief of the guard of the fire and rescue unit of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Mykolaiv region, lieutenant of the civil protection service Ihor Ivasykov, also received the award this year. Thanks to his actions, 17 people were saved from the rubble of the State Administration building in Mykolaiv.
The “National Legend of Ukraine” award was also awarded to two doctors – neurosurgeon of the Department of Neurosurgery named after academician Romodanov of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine Andriy Svyst and pediatrician of the Children's Medical Center “Dobrobut” Olga Svyst. This couple, who almost accidentally found themselves in Buch at the beginning of the war and under fire for two weeks, performed extremely complex operations to save the wounded children.
Anatoliy, the conductor of the passenger car of the Kyiv-Passenger JSC “Ukrainian Railway” station, also received awards. Babichev, teacher of the Melitopol Professional Agrarian Lyceum Hanna But and public figure, volunteer Tata Kepler.
The best football player in Europe in 2004, head coach of the Ukrainian national football team in 2016-2021, Hero of Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko also received the award. .
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy established the “National Legend of Ukraine” award last July on the eve of the 30th Independence Day. According to the presidential decree, citizens should be recognized with the award for “outstanding personal merits in the formation of independent Ukraine, strengthening of its statehood, protection of the Motherland and service to the Ukrainian people”, as well as “for a significant contribution to the development of the national economy, science, education, culture, art, sports, health care” and “active charitable and public activities”.
