Roman Ratushny was an activist of the Revolution of Dignity events, although he was only 16 years old.
Svitlana Povalyaeva, the mother of public activist and participant of the Revolution of Dignity Roman Ratushny, who died at the front in early June, handed over her son’s helmet from the Euromaidan to the Maidan Museum. This was reported in the National Revolution of Dignity Museum.
It is noted that the painted white helmet was kept at home as an artifact from the Maidan and a work of art, because, according to Svitlana, “the whole story of the Maidan epic is on it: Ukrainian House, tyres, “Berkut”, fire”.
“There was a time when we naively thought that no one would use firearms to shoot people in the city center and that these ordinary plastic helmets would be able to protect us,” says Svitlana Povalyaeva.
When the Revolution of Dignity began, Roman was 16 years old, he was finishing school. At the same age, his mother Svitlana took part in the Revolution on Granite in 1990.
The woman remembers that her son was on the Maidan almost every day, from the first hours of the protest, said Svitlana Povaliyeva.
“Roma took all these events very sincerely and in a global vector. He believed that everything can be done – you just must take it and do it. It was the same with Protasov Yar. He had no skepticism and despair; he was convinced that we would manage. And you don’t need to be afraid of anything – just do it,” she shares.
It is known that the artifact was painted by activists of the “Mystetska Sotnya” of the Euromaidan.
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