Yevhen Zhylin

Yevhen Zhylin
Евгений Жилин
Unofficial leader of the
Kharkiv People's Republic
In office
April 7, 2014 – April 8, 2014
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byVolodymyr Varshavsky as "People's Governeur"
Personal details
Born6 January 1976[1]
Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died19 September 2016(2016-09-19) (aged 40)
Gorki-2, Moscow Oblast, Russia
OccupationRussian Separatist

Yevhen Volodymyrovych Zhylin (Ukrainian: Євген Володимирович Жилін, 6 January 1976 – 19 September 2016) was a Russian Separatist in Ukraine from Kharkiv known for his involvement in leading the Titushky during Euromaidan and attempting to form a "Kharkiv People's Republic" of which he was the self-proclaimed "President." Zhylin would be assassinated in Russia in 2016.[2]

  1. ^ "Военная прокуратура зовет на допрос Жилина". Украинская правда (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kyiv Post was invoked but never defined (see the help page).