New York consul's son killed in Kyiv

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Viktor Khryzhanivsky, the son of Consul General Viktor Kryzhanivsky of Ukraine's Consulate General in New York, died on March 19 in Kyiv from injuries he suffered in a car accident. He was fatally injured on March 17 when a car driving at a high rate of speed jumped a curb on a Kyiv city street.

Viktor Jr. was born on March 3, 1969, in Kyiv. He attended the Kyiv Institute of Economics from 1987-1992 and graduated with a degree in economics-statistics. He was also a certified English language interpreter.

Mr. Kryzhanivsky was buried on March 20 in Baykiv Cemetery. He is survived by his father, Viktor, sister, Maryna, brother, Oleksander, and step-mother, Liudmyla.

A memorial service was held in New York on March 23 at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, March 31, 1996, No. 13, Vol. LXIV

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