Taras Bobanych

Taras Mykolayovych Bobanych (; 15 March 1989 – 8 April 2022) was a Ukrainian lawyer, public activist and military officer who was posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine in 2022. He is also known by his nickname Hammer.

Early career Born on 15 March 1989, in the Ukrainian city of Truskavets. He received his secondary education at the Stryi Secondary School No. 9 in 2006. In 2011, Bobanych received his degree from Lviv State University of Internal Affairs' (LvSUIA) Law Faculty.

He headed the electricity unit of the Right Sector in the Lviv Oblast. He had been actively involved in the street right movement in the Lviv area since 2007. He coordinated several national education campaigns and actively participated in them. From 2011 to 2015, he was employed as a lawyer at the Lviv legal company De Lex. He became a member of the military-political group Right Sector at the end of November 2013, and took part in the Euromaidan. He stood up for European principles during the Revolution of Dignity. He oversaw the Right Sector Party's Lviv Regional Branch for a while.

Honours The Lviv City Council announced that the Korolenko Street will be renamed in his honor on 24 May 2022, a memorial plaque on the façade of the Stryi Secondary School No. 9 on 17 October 2022, a memorial plaque on Sobornosti Street, No. 5 in Poltava, and a commemorative plaque was placed at the LvSUIA on 28 June 2023. Bobanych has received honours and recognitions such as: