Georgiy Arutiunian
53,
worker,
Rivne
A sniper’s bullet caught Georgiy Arutiunian on the 20th of February in Instytut-ska st. next to the upper barricade. “A patriot and a daredevil, an ethnic Armenian with a Georgian passport and an Ukrainian heart,” this is how his daughter Anya describes the hero of the Celestial Hundred.
“How can I stay home when younger ones are going to fight and give their lives for our freedom and worthy future? That wouldn’t be right. I have already lived a life—and they haven’t smelt gunpowder yet... ” said Georgiy Arutiunian—and left for the Maidan on the very first day of the protest.
“Everyone who joined our hundred was given a nickname,” says Olexandr Chorniy, a sotnyk [centurion]. “Nobody racked their brains what nickname suited Georgiy. 'Caucasus'—this
