Art project “Ours”

On March 28, the opening of the memorial exhibition of the art project “Nashi” dedicated to Artem Tymchenko took place at the Metallurgical Complex.

The author of the project, artist Oksana Shabas, through art comprehends the experience of war, losses, and gratitude to Ukrainian soldiers. “Ours” is a space of memory and gratitude, where personal stories are revealed through pain, the power of struggle and the indomitable desire to live on.

The exhibition presents more than 100 portraits of defenders and veterans – those who defended and continue to defend Ukraine, as well as those who, unfortunately, died. 

The Director of the Museum of the History of Technical Progress of the Zaporizhia Polytechnic National University, Natalia Derkach, asked Oksana Shabas to paint portraits of graduates of our university who died in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

The exhibition presented 7 heroes of our university:
– Oleg Shemchuk — graduate of the Faculty of Social Sciences, majoring in Journalism. Machine gunner of the second rifle platoon of the first rifle battalion of unit H0536
– Oleg Ganzhyn — student of the Faculty of Construction, Architecture and Design, majoring in Design. Private with the call sign “Artist”. Awarded the Order “For Courage” of the 3rd degree posthumously
– Vyacheslav Tonchev — graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. Served in the ranks of the second infantry platoon of the second infantry company 462 of the separate infantry battalion of military unit A 4967, call sign “Omega”
– Zinur Ametka — student of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports Management, majoring in Physical Culture and Sports. Gunner of the twelfth brigade “Azov”, call sign “Ray”, awarded the medal “Participant in hostilities” posthumously
– Yevgeny Chertkov — graduate of the Faculty of Information Security and Electronic Communications, specialty “Radioelectronic Devices and Means”. Became a volunteer in the 215th separate battalion of the 125th separate brigade of territorial defense, head of the command post with the call sign “Hell”
– Anatoly Nemchyn — graduate of the Faculty of Engineering and Physics, specialty “Applied Materials Science”. Soldier of the counter-sabotage company of the 110th separate brigade of territorial defense. Gunner of the 3rd mortar detachment of a mortar battery. Awarded the Order “For Courage” (posthumously)
– Dmytro Lutsenko — graduate of the Faculty of Radio Instrumentation, specialty “Software for Automated Systems”. He fought in the Zaporizhzhia and later Kharkiv directions, call sign “Lutsenko”. Awarded with the Badge of Honor

The exhibition was visited by Vice-Rector Andriy Ivanchenko, Director of the Museum of the History of Technical Progress of the Zaporizhia Polytechnic National University Natalia Derkach, deans and teachers of the university, as well as our students.

You can read the stories of the Heroes of the Polytechnic at the link: https://zp.edu.ua/pro-universitet/knyha-pam-iati-zaporizkoi-politekhniky/