Serhiy Nigoyan Սերգեյ Նիգոյան Сергій Нігоян | |
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.JPG) Serhiy Nigoyan on the barricade in Euromaidan. | |
| Born | Serhiy Garnikovych Nigoyan August 2, 1993 |
| Died | January 22, 2014 (aged 20) |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds[1] (lead shrapnel)[2] |
| Resting place | village Bereznuvativka, Solone Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine |
| Other names | Samvel Nigoyan |
| Education | Dniprodzerzhynsk College of Physical Education |
| Occupation(s) | student, sports amateur |
| Years active | 2013–14 (as activist) |
| Known for | being the first protester to die of a gunshot wound during Euromaidan |
| Parent | Garegin Nigoyan[3] |
| Awards |  Hero of Ukraine (2014) |
Serhiy Gagikovych Nigoyan or Nihoyan[4] (Ukrainian: Сергій Нігоян, Armenian: Սերգեյ Նիգոյան; August 2, 1993 – January 22, 2014) was an Armenian-Ukrainian Euromaidan activist who was fatally shot during the 2014 Hrushevskoho Street riots where he was acting as security. He was the first protester killed by shooting during the protest.
- ^ Investigation received results of expertise over the bodies of perished protesters - directors of Main Investigation Administration. Ministry of Internal Affairs website. January 23, 2014
- ^ On Maidan was mourned perished activist. BBC Ukraine. January 26, 2014
- ^ TVi prepared footage commemorating Serhiy Nigoyan pershed on vulytsia Hrushevskoho. Telekritika. January 22, 2014
- ^ Ukrainian In Spirit, If Not In Name: Euromaidan's First Victims. Radio Svoboda. January 27, 2014