Actor of Chernihiv Music and Drama Theatre killed in action – photo
Petro Velykyi, an actor of the Chernihiv Oblast Academic Music and Drama Theatre named after Taras Shevchenko, was killed at the front.
Source: Chernihiv Oblast Academic Music and Drama Theatre, via Instagram
"Petro Velykyi is aut in scuto [Latin for "on the shield", i.e. killed in action]... For you, [he was] Holokhvastov. Eric. Judas. Bernard… For us, he is a father, an actor, a friend, a warrior, a Hero," says the theatre's statement.
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Oleksandr Maishev, deputy director of the theatre, also left a post on Facebook about the death of the military actor.
Quote from Oleksandr Maishev: "The Hero Petro Velykyi is aut in scuto. A great actor of the Chernihiv Oblast Academic Music and Drama Theatre named after Taras Shevchenko. Our Velykyi (a pun intended, obviously: in Ukrainian, Velykyi means "Great" – ed.)… [so much] pain…"
Maishev also called for help for the daughter of the deceased Petro Velykyi, who is also an actress at the theatre.
For reference: Petro Velykyi was born on 3 January 1976 in Kharkiv. He graduated from the acting faculty of the Kharkiv Kotliarevskyi Institute of Arts. Petro has worked at the Chernihiv Oblast Academic Music and Drama Theatre since 2004.
He played over 35 roles on this theatre’s stage, including the most famous ones: Holokhvastov in Chasing Two Hares, Petro in The Land, Karpo in The Kaidash Family, and Perelisnyk in The Forest Song.
Petro Velykyi joined the ranks of the country's defenders after the start of Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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