Dmytro Borysovych Tymchuk (; 27 June 1972 – 19 June 2019) was a Ukrainian milblogger, lieutenant colonel, and politician who served as a

People's Deputy of Ukraine A people's deputy of Ukraine (, ) is a member of parliament and legislator elected by Direct election, popular vote to the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine. They are often referred to simply as "deputies". Prior to 1991, the Verkhovna R ...

from the proportional list of the People's Front from 2014 until his death in 2019. He was one of the coordinators of the Information Resistance blog. During the ongoing

2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine From the end of February 2014, in the aftermath of the Euromaidan and the Revolution of Dignity, which resulted in the ousting of Russian-leaning President of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, demonstrations by Russian-backed, ...

, he became one of the most popular Ukrainian online activists and was extensively cited on the situation in the country.

Early life and education

Tymchuk was born 27 June 1972 in

Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai Chita (, ) is a city and the administrative center of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway route, roughly east of Irkutsk and roughly west of Khabarovsk. Population: History Pyotr Beketov's Cossacks founded Chi ...

, in the

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. From 1978 to 1983, he lived in the

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due to his father's service in the

Soviet Army The Soviet Ground Forces () was the land warfare service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1992. It was preceded by the Red Army. After the Soviet Union ceased to exist in December 1991, the Ground Forces remained under th ...

and then moved to

Berdychiv Berdychiv (, ) is a historic city in Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Berdychiv Raion within the oblast. It is south of the administrative center of the oblast, Zhytomyr. Its population is approximat ...

in the

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, where he spent the rest of his youth. In 1995, Tymchuk graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the

Lviv Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

Higher Military-Political School (Soviet predecessor of the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy).

Career

Tymchuk served in the

Ukrainian Ground Forces The Ukrainian Ground Forces (SVZSU, ), also referred to as the Ukrainian army, is a land force, and one of the eight Military branch, branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was formed from Ukrainian units of the Soviet Army after Declaratio ...

from 1995 to 1997 and then worked at the headquarters of the

National Guard of Ukraine The National Guard of Ukraine (NGU; , ; /NHU ) is the Ukrainian national gendarmerie and internal military force. It is part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, responsible for public security. Originally created as an agency under the dire ...

until 2000. From 2000 to 2012, he worked in various divisions of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. He served in

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

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, and Lebanon. His highest military rank is lieutenant colonel. In 2008, Tymchuk became the chief editor of the online publication Fleet-2017 and head of the Center for Military-Political Studies, a non-governmental organisation. He is one of the coordinators of the Information Resistance news website. During the

and

War in Donbas The war in Donbas, or the Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. The war Timeline of the war in Donbas (2014), began in April 2014, when Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, Russian para ...

, Tymchuk became one of the most popular Ukrainian online activists in Ukraine and was extensively cited on the situation in the country. In November 2014, the number of those following his

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page exceeded 190,000

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es. Tymchuk became a founding member of the new People's Front party on 10 September 2014, 46 days before the

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. He was elected to the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...

(Ukrainian parliament).CEC registers 357 newly elected deputies of 422
, National Radio Company of Ukraine (25 November 2014)"Parliament to form leadership and coalition on November 27"

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(26 November 2014)

Death

On 19 June 2019, Tymchuk was found dead in his home from a firearm injury to his head. According to media reports and the preliminary working version of the Kyiv police he was cleaning his gun and accidentally discharged it.

References

External links

Information resistance

Facebook page

Tymchuk at Maidan Translations
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Early life and education

Career

Death

See also

References

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