President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena took part in the National Legend of Ukraine awards ceremony. This year, the award was awarded to nine people, three of them posthumously, the press service of the head of state reports..

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Thus, the award was given to the People's Artist of Ukraine Maria Prymachenko. The award was received by Igor Kozhan, General Director of the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv, where an exhibition of the artist’s works is currently being held.

" UNESCO declared 2009 the year of Maria Primachenko. And on May 5 this year, her painting called “Flowers grew at the fourth block” was sold at a charity auction for almost 15 million hryvnias, which were donated to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. That is, even today, a quarter of a century after her death, Maria Primachenko lives and actually continues to help Ukraine. And today Ukraine finally says “thank you” to her and pays tribute in accordance with her contribution and merits, officially and forever recognizes: this is our great Ukrainian artist. Big Ukrainian. National legend of Ukrainian painting Maria Aksentievna Primachenko,"

The soloist of the opera, leading master of the stage of the National Opera of Ukraine in 1963-1992, People's Artist and Hero of Ukraine Anatoly Solovyanenko and the head of the flight safety service - senior inspector-pilot of the Command of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces, Hero of Ukraine Colonel Igor Bedzaya were also posthumously awarded..

This year, the award was also received by the head of the guard of the fire and rescue detachment of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Nikolaev region, lieutenant of the civil protection service Igor Ivasikov. Thanks to his actions, 17 people were rescued from the rubble of the Regional State Administration building in Nikolaev.

The award " These are the spouses who almost accidentally found themselves at the beginning of the war in Bucha and under shelling for two weeks did super complicated operations to save wounded children..

The awards were also received by the conductor of the passenger car of the Kyiv-Passenger station of JSC "

The award was also given to the best football player in Europe in 2004, head coach of the Ukrainian national football team in 2016-2021, Hero of Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko.

President Volodymyr Zelensky established the National Legend of Ukraine award last July on the eve of the 30th Independence Day. According to the presidential decree, the award should be given to citizens for "