Serhiy Gagikovych Nigoyan or Nihoyan (Ukrainian: Сергій Нігоян, Armenian: Սերգեյ Նիգոյան) was an Armenian-Ukrainian Euromaidan activist who 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.
Born in the village of Bereznuvativka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The Nigoyan family moved from Armenia to Ukraine as refugees of the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Nigoyan came to Euromaidan on 8 December and was mostly involved in security. After his death, Ukrainian composer Valentyn Sylvestrov dedicated two songs to the memory of Nigoyan.
Died on 22 January 2014 during clashes with the police on Hrushevskyi street. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds during a Berkut attack on the Hrushevskoho Street barricades. On November 18, 2015 according to the head of the Special Investigations Unit of the Main Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General Sergei Gorbatyuk, Serhiy Nigoyan and Mikhail Zhiznevsky were killed at a distance of not less than three meters, while the law enforcement agencies of the protesters were at a distance of about 30 meters.
Сергі́й Га́гікович Нігоя́н (вірм. Սերգեյ Նիգոյան; 2 серпня 1993, Березнуватівка, Солонянський район, Дніпропетровська область, Україна — 22 січня 2014, Київ, Україна) — учасник і один із бійців 3-ї сотні Самооборони Майдану, вбитий під час протистояння на вулиці Грушевського в Києві. Громадянин України вірменського походження. Герой України.
Born in the village of Bereznuvativka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The Nigoyan family moved from Armenia to Ukraine as refugees of the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Nigoyan came to Euromaidan on 8 December and was mostly involved in security. After his death, Ukrainian composer Valentyn Sylvestrov dedicated two songs to the memory of Nigoyan.
Died on 22 January 2014 during clashes with the police on Hrushevskyi street. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds during a Berkut attack on the Hrushevskoho Street barricades. On November 18, 2015 according to the head of the Special Investigations Unit of the Main Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General Sergei Gorbatyuk, Serhiy Nigoyan and Mikhail Zhiznevsky were killed at a distance of not less than three meters, while the law enforcement agencies of the protesters were at a distance of about 30 meters.
Сергі́й Га́гікович Нігоя́н (вірм. Սերգեյ Նիգոյան; 2 серпня 1993, Березнуватівка, Солонянський район, Дніпропетровська область, Україна — 22 січня 2014, Київ, Україна) — учасник і один із бійців 3-ї сотні Самооборони Майдану, вбитий під час протистояння на вулиці Грушевського в Києві. Громадянин України вірменського походження. Герой України.
Serhiy Gagikovych Nigoyan or Nihoyan (Ukrainian: Сергій Нігоян, Armenian: Սերգեյ Նիգոյան) was an Armenian-Ukrainian Euromaidan activist who 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.
Born in the village of Bereznuvativka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The Nigoyan family moved from Armenia to Ukraine as refugees of the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Nigoyan came to Euromaidan on 8 December and was mostly involved in security. After his death, Ukrainian composer Valentyn Sylvestrov dedicated two songs to the memory of Nigoyan.
Died on 22 January 2014 during clashes with the police on Hrushevskyi street. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds during a Berkut attack on the Hrushevskoho Street barricades. On November 18, 2015 according to the head of the Special Investigations Unit of the Main Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General Sergei Gorbatyuk, Serhiy Nigoyan and Mikhail Zhiznevsky were killed at a distance of not less than three meters, while the law enforcement agencies of the protesters were at a distance of about 30 meters.
Сергі́й Га́гікович Нігоя́н (вірм. Սերգեյ Նիգոյան; 2 серпня 1993, Березнуватівка, Солонянський район, Дніпропетровська область, Україна — 22 січня 2014, Київ, Україна) — учасник і один із бійців 3-ї сотні Самооборони Майдану, вбитий під час протистояння на вулиці Грушевського в Києві. Громадянин України вірменського походження. Герой України.
Born in the village of Bereznuvativka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The Nigoyan family moved from Armenia to Ukraine as refugees of the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Nigoyan came to Euromaidan on 8 December and was mostly involved in security. After his death, Ukrainian composer Valentyn Sylvestrov dedicated two songs to the memory of Nigoyan.
Died on 22 January 2014 during clashes with the police on Hrushevskyi street. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds during a Berkut attack on the Hrushevskoho Street barricades. On November 18, 2015 according to the head of the Special Investigations Unit of the Main Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General Sergei Gorbatyuk, Serhiy Nigoyan and Mikhail Zhiznevsky were killed at a distance of not less than three meters, while the law enforcement agencies of the protesters were at a distance of about 30 meters.
Сергі́й Га́гікович Нігоя́н (вірм. Սերգեյ Նիգոյան; 2 серпня 1993, Березнуватівка, Солонянський район, Дніпропетровська область, Україна — 22 січня 2014, Київ, Україна) — учасник і один із бійців 3-ї сотні Самооборони Майдану, вбитий під час протистояння на вулиці Грушевського в Києві. Громадянин України вірменського походження. Герой України.
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