A researcher of Crimean music history was killed on the front lines

A Ukrainian soldier, Senior Seaman Ihor Khodzhaniyazov —a poet, translator, musician, programmer, and researcher of Crimean Tatar music—was killed on the front lines. The soldier was killed on June 28 by a direct hit from a Russian guided aerial bomb while carrying out a combat mission.

His wife reported his death.

According to her, the tragedy occurred on Ukraine’s Constitution Day—just one day before their youngest son, Gordiy, was due to celebrate his first birthday.

“My Heart, my Joy, my pure soul, my beloved husband… Ihor tragically died while on a combat mission from a direct hit by a guided aerial bomb,” she wrote.

The soldier is survived by his wife and three sons.

Ihor Khodzhaniyazov was born in Vinnytsia in 1990. He was a poet, translator, musician, and programmer; together with friends, he founded the literary group “Novyi Shynok” and actively participated in poetry readings in Kyiv, and his translations of works by American poet Gregory Corso were recognized in the finals of the Metaphora competition. He also researched the history of Crimean musical culture and Crimean Tatar music, and authored educational materials and lectures on the subject.

Ihor Khodzhaniyazov will be buried on the Alley of Defenders of Ukraine in the village of Zarvantsi. The family will announce the date and time of the funeral separately.

Recently, Petro Volvach —a renowned Ukrainian scholar, public figure, researcher of the Symyrenko family, and one of the founders of the Ukrainian national movement in Crimea—passed away at the age of 88.

Earlier,Asan Dzhemilev, a veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement and the older brotherof Mustafa Dzhemilev, died in occupied Crimea.

On April 10, the film “Oxygen Station” is set to be released in Ukrainian theaters—a story of love, dignity, and a struggle that continues even in exile. Directed byIvan Tymchenko, the film tells the story ofMustafa Dzhemilev, leader of the Crimean Tatar people, and his wife Safinar, who together endured repression, imprisonment, and exile.

Андрій Колісніченко