On August 2, after a long and serious illness, the poet, journalist and public figure - Alexander Bereestyana passed away. This was reported on Facebook by the Rivne Regional Organization of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine.

Alexander Berestyana was born on August 11, 1954 in the city of Okhotsk, in the Khabarovsk Territory. Children's and school years spent in Zhytomyr. Began to write poetry at school age - the first attempts appeared in the eighth grade. When studying in grades 9-10 of the Zhytomyr secondary school No. 7, he visited the literary studio at the regional youth newspaper. The studio was led by the famous writer and translator Boris Ten (Nikolai Khomichevsky).

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Alexander was educated at the Ukrainian Institute of Water Management Engineers in Rivne. After graduation, he worked in construction and installation management No. 26, headed the Center for Public Relations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Rivne region, and was a press secretary of the regional council. He conducted two copyright programs on 10 television channels, was actively printed in regional and all -Ukrainian publications.

He was a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine and the National Union of Writers of Ukraine.

Alexander Berestyana is the author of several poetic collections: “ABC of feelings” (2012), “From someone’s light hand” (2013), “Not even evening” (2013), “Excited World” (2018), “RIVNE RIVENTENT OF POTTER” (2021), “50 Legends of Pogorini” (2021), Planet ST-16 (2021 ”(2025), as well as also 2025).. War "

For professional activities, he was awarded the diploma and honorary sign of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.

Bright memory.

Recall, recently in Kyiv presented the book of Yuri Shcherbak about the nature of modern rashism.