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Vasyl Bohach
Birth nameVasyl Volodymyrovych Bohach
Born(1979-08-16)16 August 1979
Volnovakha, Donetsk region, Ukraine
Died8 May 2022(2022-05-08) (aged 42)
Mariupol, Donetsk region, Ukraine
AllegianceUkraine
Service / branchSecurity Service of Ukraine
RankLieutenant Colonel
Battles / wars
AwardsOrder of the Gold Star (posthumously)Hero of Ukraine

Vasyl Volodymyrovych Bohach (Ukrainian: Василь Володимирович Богач; call sign – Domakha; literary pseudonym – Ivan Bohdan; August 16, 1979, Volnovakha, Donetsk region – May 8, 2022, Mariupol, Donetsk region) was a Ukrainian military personnel, Lieutenant Colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Hero of Ukraine (2023, posthumously).

Biography

Vasyl Bohach was born on August 16, 1979, in Volnovakha, Donetsk Oblast.

He graduated from Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University. He served in the Security Service of Ukraine.

Since 2014 he has been at the front.

In 2015, he was subjected to political repression and spent three weeks in the Bakhmut detention center on a trumped-up case.

After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, he joined the Azov Brigade. On April 4, 2022, he was seriously injured and hospitalized at Azovstal. He died on May 8, 2022, at the plant as a result of an anti-bunker bomb hitting one of the bunkers.

He was buried at the Lukianivske Cemetery in Kyiv.

Books

He wrote three books under the pseudonym Ivan Bohdan:

  • "Mariupol 2014 ("Маріуполь 2014") (2016)
  • "Patriot Prisoners ("Патріотв'язні") (2018)
  • "The Other Side of the Trenches ("По той бік окопів") (2020)

Awards

Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Golden Star (June 12, 2023, posthumously) – for personal courage and heroism in the defense of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, selfless service to the Ukrainian people.

References

  1. "Україна повернула з полону співробітника СБУ, який боронив "Азовсталь"". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  2. "Підполковник СБУ Василь Богач загинув на заводі "Азовсталь"". Меморіал жертв війни (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  3. ""Його історію має знати Україна!": товариш розповів про героїчного полковника СБУ, який загинув у Маріуполі". fakty.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  4. ""Його історію має знати Україна!": історія про героїчного полковника СБУ, який загинув у Маріуполі". MRPL.CITY (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  5. UNNews. "У Маріуполі співробітник СБУ презентував книгу про події 2014 року". Інформаційне агентство Українські Національні Новини (УНН). Всі онлайн новини дня в Україні за сьогодні - найсвіжіші, останні, головні. (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  6. Іван Богдан. Патріотв'язні. — Маріуполь: КИТ, 2018. — 336 с. — ISBN 978-966-2279-85-6.
  7. Іван Богдан. По той бік окопів. — Маріуполь: КИТ, 2020. — 166 с. — ISBN 978-966-2279-85-6
  8. "Президент присвоїв посмертно звання Героя України підполковнику СБУ Василю Богачу". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  9. www.president.gov.ua. "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №326/2023. Про присвоєння В.Богачу звання Герой України".
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